HyperDic: sense

English > 9 senses of the word *sense*:
NOUN	cognition	sense	a general conscious awareness
	communication	sense, signified	the meaning / meaning of a word or expression
	cognition	sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
	cognition	sense, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit	sound practical judgment
	cognition	sense	a natural appreciation or ability
VERB	perception	sense, feel	perceive by a physical sensation / sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
	perception	sense	detect some circumstance or entity automatically
	cognition	sense, smell, smell out	become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
	cognition	sense	comprehend / comprehend

sense > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'ns
Rhymes	commence ... whence: 23 rhymes with ehns...

English > *sense*: 9 senses > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	A general conscious awareness.
Examples	"a sense of security" "a sense of happiness" "a sense of danger" "a sense of self"
Narrower	sense of direction	An awareness of your orientation in space
Narrower	sense of responsibility	An awareness of your obligations
Broader	awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness	Having knowledge of
Spanish	sensación, sentido
Catalan	sensació
Verbs	sense	become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
Verbs	sensify	make sensitive or aware

English > *sense*: 9 senses > noun 2, communication
Meaning	The meaning / meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.
Examples	"the dictionary gave several senses for the word" "in the best sense charity is really a duty"
Synonym	signified
Narrower	word meaning, word sense, acceptation	The accepted meaning / meaning of a word
Broader	meaning, significance, signification, import	The message that is intended or expressed or signified
Spanish	acepción, sentido, significación, significado
Catalan	sentit, significat

English > *sense*: 9 senses > noun 3, cognition
Meaning	The faculty through which the external world is apprehended.
Example	"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
Synonyms	sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
Narrower	modality, sense modality, sensory system	A particular sense
Narrower	sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility	(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli
Broader	faculty, mental faculty, module	One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
Spanish	facultades sensoriales, sentido, sentidos
Catalan	facultats sensorials, sentit, sentits
Adjectives	sensorial	involving or derived from the senses
Adjectives	sensuous	taking delight in beauty
Verbs	sense	perceive by a physical sensation / sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
	sense	detect some circumstance or entity automatically
	sensify	make sensitive or aware

English > *sense*: 9 senses > noun 4, cognition
Meaning	sound practical judgment.
Examples	"Common sense is not so common" "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
Synonyms	common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit
Narrower	logic	reasoned and reasonable judgment
	nous	common sense
	road sense	Good judgment in avoiding / avoiding trouble or accidents on the road
Broader	sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment	The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Spanish	sensatez, sentido común, sentido
Catalan	sentit comú, sentit, seny
Verbs	sense	comprehend / comprehend

English > *sense*: 9 senses > noun 5, cognition
Meaning	A natural appreciation or ability.
Examples	"a keen musical sense" "a good sense of timing"
Broader	appreciation, grasp, hold	understanding of the nature or meaning / meaning or quality or magnitude of something
Spanish	sentido, significación

English > *sense*: 9 senses > verb 1, perception
Meaning	perceive by a physical sensation / sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonym	feel
Caused by	sensitize, sensitise	Cause to sense
Broader	perceive, comprehend	To become aware of through the senses
Similar to	feel	Be felt or perceived in a certain way
Spanish	sentir
Catalan	sentir
Adjectives	sensible, sensitive	able to feel or perceive
	sensible	readily perceived by the senses
	sensitive	responsive to physical stimuli
Nouns	sensation	an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
	sense, sensation	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
	sensing	becoming aware of something via the senses
	sensor	any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

English > *sense*: 9 senses > verb 2, perception
Meaning	detect some circumstance or entity automatically.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Examples	"This robot can sense the presence of people in the room" "particle detectors sense ionization"
Broader	detect, observe, find, discover, notice	Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Spanish	detectar, percibir
Adjectives	sensitive	responsive to physical stimuli
Nouns	sense	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

English > *sense*: 9 senses > verb 3, cognition
Meaning	Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Example	"I sense his hostility"
Synonyms	smell, smell out
Broader	perceive	Become conscious of
Spanish	sentir
Catalan	sentir
Adjectives	sensible	aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
Adjectives	sensitive	being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
Nouns	sense	a general conscious awareness

English > *sense*: 9 senses > verb 4, cognition
Meaning	comprehend / comprehend.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Example	"I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
Broader	understand	know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of
Spanish	apreciar, sentido
Adjectives	sensitive	being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
Nouns	sense	sound practical judgment

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