sense
/sɛns/ noun A2- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness. · a sense of security
- Sound practical or moral judgment. · It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something. · You don’t make any sense.· That just don't make a licka sense to me.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings. · the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)
- A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- A natural appreciation or ability. · A keen musical sense
- The way that a referent is presented.
Plural senses
From the library
“There might be some sense in your knocking,” the Footman went on without attending to her, “if we had the door between us.
It means much the same thing,” said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alice’s shoulder as she added, “and the moral of _that_ is—‘Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.’”
And my shoe heels are horridly common-sense; I can’t blame them at all.”
Tell her that, since she has commanded me neither to speak nor to write to her, I take this means of making one last appeal to her sense of justice, for the sake of what has been.
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