sense
1. a general conscious awareness (Freq. 37)
- a sense of security
- a sense of happiness
- a sense of danger
- a sense of self
• Derivationally related forms:
sensify
• Hypernyms:
awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
• Hyponyms:
sense of direction, sense of responsibility
2. the meaning of a word or expression;
the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted (Freq. 23)
- the dictionary gave several senses for the word
- in the best sense charity is really a duty
- the signifier is linked to the signified
• Syn:
signified
• Hypernyms:
meaning, significance, signification, import
• Hyponyms:
word meaning, word sense, acceptation
3. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended (Freq. 16)
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
• Syn:
sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty
• Derivationally related forms:
sentient (for: sentiency), sentient (for: sentience), sense (for: sensation), sensorial, sensuous, sensify
• Hypernyms:
faculty, mental faculty, module
• Hyponyms:
modality, sense modality, sensory system, sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility
4. sound practical judgment (Freq. 8)
- 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
• Syn:
common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit
• Derivationally related forms:
commonsensical (for: common sense)
• Hypernyms:
sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
• Hyponyms:
logic, nous, road sense
5. a natural appreciation or ability (Freq. 1)
- a keen musical sense
- a good sense of timing
• Hypernyms:
appreciation, grasp, hold
1. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles (Freq. 26)
- He felt the wind
- She felt an object brushing her arm
- He felt his flesh crawl
- She felt the heat when she got out of the car
• Syn:
feel
• Derivationally related forms:
sensible, sensitive, sensation, sensor, sensing, feel (for: feel), feeling (for: feel)
• Hypernyms:
perceive, comprehend
• Verb Group:
feel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. detect some circumstance or entity automatically
- This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
- particle detectors sense ionization
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitive
• Hypernyms:
detect, observe, find, discover, notice
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
- I sense his hostility
- i smell trouble
- smell out corruption
• Syn:
smell, smell out
• Derivationally related forms:
sensible, sensitive
• Hypernyms:
perceive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. comprehend
- I sensed the real meaning of his letter
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitive
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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