sense
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English sense, from Old French sens, sen, san; partly from Latin sēnsus, from sentiō; partly of Germanic origin (whence also Occitan sen, Italian senno), from Vulgar Latin *sennus, from Frankish *sinn
sense
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:
- Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
- What surmounts the reach / Of human sense I shall delineate.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- a sense of security
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC ↗:
- this Basilius, having the quick sense of a lover
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
- high disdain from sense of injured merit
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- It’s common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
- 1692, Roger L'Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC ↗:
- some People so Harden'd in Wickedness, as to have No Sense at all of the most Friendly Offices, or the Highest Benefits.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- You don’t make any sense.
- Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
- Hyponyms: subsense, subsubsense
- word sense disambiguation
- the various senses of the word “car” (e.g., motor car, elevator car, railcar)
- (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- I think ’twas in another sense.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- A keen musical sense
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- French: sens
- German: Gefühl, Sinn
- Italian: senso, coscienza, sensazione
- Portuguese: senso
- Russian: чу́вство
- Spanish: sensación
- French: sens
- German: Verstand
- Italian: senso, significato
- Portuguese: sentido
- Russian: смысл
- Spanish: sentido
- Russian: смысл
- French: sens, acception
- German: Sinn, Bedeutung
- Italian: significato, accezione
- Portuguese: sentido, significação, acepção, significado, aceção
- Russian: значе́ние
- Spanish: significado, acepción, sentido, significación
- Italian: verso
- Russian: направле́ние
- Spanish: sentido
- Russian: направле́ние
- Spanish: sentido
sense (senses, present participle sensing; simple past and past participle sensed)
- To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
- To instinctively be aware.
- She immediately sensed her disdain.
- To comprehend.
- French: sentir
- German: wahrnehmen, empfinden, spüren
- Italian: percepire
- Portuguese: sentir
- Russian: чу́вствовать
- Spanish: sentir
- French: sentir
- German: spüren
- Portuguese: sentir
- Russian: чу́вствовать
- Spanish: sentir, percibir, sensar, tactar
- Spanish: dar sentido
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