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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m1)

2) Sense means good thinking, being sensible: common sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m2)

3) The sense of a word is one of its meanings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m3)

4) To make sense is to be clear and reasonable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m4)

5) To sense something is to feel or notice it without being told. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m5)

6) A sense of humour is the ability to find things funny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m6)

7) To lose your senses means to go mad or to be unable to think clearly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#m7)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x1)
- Check that the answer makes sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x2)
- People have five senses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x3)
- It makes sense to buy the bigger box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x4)
- Dogs have a much better sense of smell than people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x5)
- Use your common sense and stay away from the edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x6)
- She sensed that her friend was sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x7)
- This word has two senses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x8)
- My grandad has a great sense of humour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x9)
- "You surely have lost your senses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/#x10)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/15/)
- [You learned from words and lessons; people learn from living in bodies, with families, senses and feelings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/18/)
- [Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/11/)
- [Most bears are omnivores, and their sense of smell is many times better than a dog's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/14/)
- [Sharks sense the faint electricity of living animals with pores on their snouts called the ampullae of Lorenzini.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sense» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sense/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.