sense

a meaning conveyed or intended import, signification especially one of a set of meanings a word or phrase may bear especially as segregated in a dictionary entry

The first known use: in the 14th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable	sense

4 Phonemes	s e n s

onset, rime	s ense

Morpheme	sense

Sentence Examples

All of my senses were on the alert for danger.

We had a sense that something wasn't quite right.

His senses were clear despite his illness.

She immediately sensed my dislike.

A motion detector can sense movement.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

feel	impression	sensibility
sensitivity	taste	touch

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

sense	good sense	road sense
sixth sense	common sense	Sense and Sensibility
good sense of humour	a sense of occasion	know somebody in the biblical sense

Neighborhood

Rhymes

fence

Onset Friends

saw

since

sometime

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