SENSE

Sense

Senses are physiological capacities of organisms that provide data for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a specific sensory system or organ, dedicated to each sense.

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sense

Noun

  1. Any of the methods for a living being to gather data about the world; sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
  2. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
    a sense of security
  3. Sound practical or moral judgment.
    It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
  4. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
    You don’t make any sense.
    the true sense of words or phrases
  5. A natural appreciation or ability.
    A keen musical sense
  6. The way that a referent is presented.
  7. A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
  8. One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
  9. One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

Verb

  1. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
  2. To instinctively be aware.
    She immediately sensed her disdain.
  3. To comprehend.


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