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sense

/sɛns/ verb B2
  1. To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
  2. To instinctively be aware. · She immediately sensed her disdain.
  3. To comprehend.

He/she/it senses · Past sensed · Past participle sensed · -ing form sensing

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Verb forms

Base form
sense
He/she/it
senses
Past
sensed
Past participle
sensed
-ing form
sensing

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It’s clean against common sense!
The Valley of Fear, p. 36 · C1
“That is according to the sense you attach to the question, sir.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 10 · C1
Still Matthew said nothing and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 46 · C1
I can make no sense of that.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 30 · C1

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