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Senses

/ˈsɛnsɪz/

Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

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📖 Definitions of "Senses"

noun

1
Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans 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."

verb

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

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Senses"

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Word	Definition
sensationnoun	A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
feelnoun	(chiefly US, slang) A feeling; an emotion.
sentiencynoun	The property of having sensation; sentience.
sentiencenoun	The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
substancenoun	Physical matter; material.
common sensenoun	Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
good sensenoun	(idiomatic) Common sense; sensibleness.
meaningnoun	The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol.
connotationnoun	(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
intensionnoun	(logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
gumptionnoun	(UK, Ireland) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
mother witnoun	(uncountable) Inborn intelligence; innate good sense.
horse sensenoun	Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom that trumps formal education.
sensory facultynoun	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
aspectsnoun	Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
chordsnoun	(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
concepts	a 1992 sixteen-disc box set compilation of the U.S. singer Frank Sinatra.
countsnoun	(statistics, of a statistic) To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
detectsverb	To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
directionnoun	A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).