sense

«sense» in Mova's school dictionary: one of the ways your body knows the world: sight… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, verb (sense, senses, sensed, sensing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sense is one of the ways your body knows the world: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. People have 5 senses. tree →

2) Sense means good thinking, being sensible: common sense. tree →

3) The sense of a word is one of its meanings. tree →

4) To make sense is to be clear and reasonable. tree →

5) To sense something is to feel or notice it without being told. tree →

6) A sense of humour is the ability to find things funny. tree →

7) To lose your senses means to go mad or to be unable to think clearly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths it is a word about checking: «Does the answer make sense?» — is it a sensible size, the right unit, not negative people? Science: the five senses and the organs that go with them (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin). Everyday: common sense, a sense of direction, a sense of humour, it makes no sense.

examples

• Does your answer make sense? tree →
• Check that the answer makes sense. tree →
• People have five senses. tree →
• It makes sense to buy the bigger box. tree →
• Dogs have a much better sense of smell than people. tree →
• Use your common sense and stay away from the edge. tree →
• She sensed that her friend was sad. tree →
• This word has two senses. tree →
• My grandad has a great sense of humour. tree →
• "You surely have lost your senses. tree →

note

Noun and verb. «Five senses» may hide the number 5. About checking, not about quantities: an answer of 3.5 buses or −2 apples does not make sense. Trap: «sense» is not «since» (because) or «cents» (money), which sound similar. «Sensible» means having good sense; «sensitive» means feeling things strongly — not the same.

In the corpora

• Computers are fast at sums and storing facts but weak at common sense, such as knowing when a joke hurts someone.
• You learned from words and lessons; people learn from living in bodies, with families, senses and feelings.
• Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.
• Most bears are omnivores, and their sense of smell is many times better than a dog's.
• Sharks sense the faint electricity of living animals with pores on their snouts called the ampullae of Lorenzini.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sense» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.