Sense

Quick meaning: Sense is a noun meaning Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

Meaning

Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

More Meanings

1. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
2. Sound practical or moral judgment.
3. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
4. A natural appreciation or ability.
5. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
6. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
7. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

Example Sentences

a sense of security

Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.

high disdain from sense of injured merit

this Basilius, having the quick sense of a lover

Word Forms

• senses
• sence
• sensing
• sensed

Synonyms for sense

Depending on context, synonyms include substance, sensation, gumption, feel, sentience, connotation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sensation, feel, sentiency, sentience, substance, common sense.

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