come to one's senses

sense

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sens]
- /kʌm tu wʌnz sɛns/
- /kʌm tuː wʌnz ˈsen.sɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sens]
- /kʌm tu wʌnz sɛns/

Definitions of come to one's senses words

noun come to one's senses to regain consciousness 3
noun come to one's senses any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready. 1
noun come to one's senses these faculties collectively. 1
noun come to one's senses their operation or function; sensation. 1
noun come to one's senses a feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc., or resulting from a particular condition of some part of the body: to have a sense of cold. 1
noun come to one's senses a faculty or function of the mind analogous to sensation: the moral sense. 1

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Origin of come to one's senses

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; (noun) Middle English < Latin sēnsus sensation, feeling, understanding, equivalent to sent(īre) to feel + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s; (v.) derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Come to one's senses

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come to one's senses popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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