Meaning of 'sense' (Webster Dictionary)
- A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external
objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or
sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of
the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under
Temperature.
- Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation;
sensibility; feeling.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension;
recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
- Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good
mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or
reasonable; rational meaning.
- That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or
opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
- Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of
words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
- Moral perception or appreciation.
- One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface,
or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point,
line, or surface.
- To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
Meaning of 'sense' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a natural appreciation or ability
Example in sentence:- a good sense of timing;
- a keen musical sense
Meaning (2):
- a general conscious awareness
Example in sentence:- a sense of danger;
- a sense of happiness;
- a sense of security;
- a sense of self
Meaning (3):
- sound practical judgment
Example in sentence:- Common sense is not so common;
- fortunately she had the good sense to run away;
- he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
Meaning (4):
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
Example in sentence:- in the best sense charity is really a duty;
- the dictionary gave several senses for the word;
- the signifier is linked to the signified
Meaning (5):
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
Example in sentence:- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
Meaning (6):
- comprehend
Example in sentence:- He could not touch the meaning of the poem;
- I cannot make out what this politician is saying;
- I sensed the real meaning of his letter
Meaning (7):
- perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
Example in sentence:- He felt his flesh crawl;
- He felt the wind;
- She felt an object brushing her arm;
- She felt the heat when she got out of the car
Meaning (8):
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
Example in sentence:- I sense his hostility;
- I smell trouble;
- smell out corruption
Meaning (9):
- detect some circumstance or entity automatically
Example in sentence:- particle detectors sense ionization;
- This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
Definition
[ v. t.]