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- [sens]
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- [sens]
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Definitions of senses word
- noun 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 senses these faculties collectively. 1
- noun senses their operation or function; sensation. 1
- noun 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 senses a faculty or function of the mind analogous to sensation: the moral sense. 1
- noun senses any special capacity for perception, estimation, appreciation, etc.: a sense of humor. 1
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Origin of 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 Senses
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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".
senses usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for senses
noun senses
- commonsense — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
- intellection — the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
- marbles — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- mother wit — natural or practical intelligence, wit, or sense.
verb senses
- catches — Plural form of catch.
- credits — a list of those responsible for the production of a film or television programme
- feels — Plural form of feel.
- holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- kennings — Plural form of kenning.
Antonyms for senses
noun senses
- absurdities — Plural form of absurdity.
- amphigories — Plural form of amphigory.
- confusions — Plural form of confusion.
- darks — Plural form of dark.
- dosses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of doss.
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