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Sense

noun

1.

A general conscious awareness. "A sense of happiness" , "A sense of danger" , "A sense of self"

2.

The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted. Synonym: signified. "In the best sense charity is really a duty" , "The signifier is linked to the signified"

3.

The faculty through which the external world is apprehended. Synonyms: sensation, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency.

4.

Sound practical judgment. Synonyms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit. "He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" , "Fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

5.

A natural appreciation or ability. "A good sense of timing"

verb

(past & past part. sensed; pres. part. sensing)

1.

Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. Synonym: feel. "She felt an object brushing her arm" , "He felt his flesh crawl" , "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"

2.

Detect some circumstance or entity automatically. "Particle detectors sense ionization"

3.

Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. Synonyms: smell, smell out. "I smell trouble" , "Smell out corruption"

4.

Comprehend.

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"Sense" Quotes from Famous Books

... fascinated George and he could never keep away from them—and there was in his face the whimsical and appealing naughtiness of a child. Suddenly Gabriella felt that as far as character and experience counted, she was immeasurably older than George. Her superior common sense made her feel almost middle-aged when he was in one of his boyish moods. At the age of nine she had not been so utterly irresponsible as George was at twenty-six; as an infant in arms she had probably regarded the universe with a profounder ...

— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow

... manufacture of coins. There was no doubt that she was one of the gang also, but Jennings could not conceive why she should take to such a business. However, the woman was dead and the gang captured, so the detective moved along the narrow passage with a sense of triumph. He never thought that he would be so lucky as to make this discovery, and he knew well that such a triumph meant praise and reward. "I'll be able to marry Peggy ...

— The Secret Passage • Fergus Hume

... in regard to these things; above all, if we could hear the shrieks of the perishing, the sobs and thanksgivings of the rescued, and the wild cheers of the rescuers; and hear and see all this at one single glance, so that our hearts might be more filled than they are at present with a sense of the terrible dangers of our shores, and the heroism of our men of the coast, it is probable that our prayers for those who "go down to the sea in ships" would be more frequent and fervent, and our respect for those who risk life and limb to save the shipwrecked would be deeper. It is also ...

— The Lifeboat • R.M. Ballantyne

... virtue there is under their skins. Virtue of the lower orders! Tell that to gentlefolks that don't know them. I do. I've been one of 'em—'I know all about that,' says I. 'You want to share the plunder, that is the sense of your virtuous cry.' So I had 'em up here; and then there was no more virtuous howling, but a deal of virtuous thieving, and modest drinking, and pure-minded selling of my street-door to the highest male bidder. And they will corrupt the boy; ...

— A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day • Charles Reade

... of a man; to say nothing of the higher and religious side of this question? While then there is much that my carnal self-indulgent nature does not at all like, and while it is always trying to rebel, my better sense and the true voice within tells me that, independently of this particular work requiring such a discipline, the discipline itself is good for the formation of my own character. ...Oh! the month of June ...

— Life of John Coleridge Patteson • Charlotte M. Yonge

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