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sense

Definitions

noun

  1. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
  2. a natural appreciation or ability
  3. a general conscious awareness
  4. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
  5. sound practical judgment

verb

  1. detect some circumstance or entity automatically
  2. comprehend
  3. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
  4. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

Examples

I thought he had a bit more sense, but no.

The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces.

The result of such rack-rent can only be evil, —abuse and neglect of the soil, deterioration in the character of the laborers, and a widespread sense of injustice.

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cense

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verb

  1. perfume especially with a censer

Examples

Siva's devotees are forbidden to use drugs of abuse, such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, psychedelics and marijuana, unless prescribed by a licensed physician.

Travolta is a licensed jet pilot and owns a Learjet.

(How far can he get without a license or credit cards .. or the help of close relations?) opened with testimony from the "jailbird" and his arresting officers

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