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- [sen-suh-ree]
- /ˈsɛn sə ri/
- /ˈsen.sər.i/
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- [sen-suh-ree]
- /ˈsɛn sə ri/
Definitions of sensory word
- adjective sensory of or relating to the senses or sensation. 1
- adjective sensory Physiology. noting a structure for conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in sensation, as a nerve. 1
- adjective sensory of or from the senses 1
- adjective sensory Sensory means relating to the physical senses. 0
- adjective sensory of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation 0
- adjective sensory of or relating to those processes and structures within an organism that receive stimuli from the environment and convey them to the brain 0
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Origin of sensory
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; sense + -ory1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sensory
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sensory popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% 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".
sensory usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sensory
adj sensory
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
adjective sensory
- emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
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