[ UK /nˈuːz/ ]
[ US /ˈnus/ ]
NOUN
  1. common sense
    she has great social nous
  2. that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
    his mind wandered
    I couldn't get his words out of my head
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How To Use nous In A Sentence

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  • When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. After the Diagnosis
  • The trek was a bit monotonous at times - I wanted to go faster - but it was relaxing, enjoyable and worth the sore backside.
  • So that model is alive and well and in the minds of many people, rather than the later medieval, misogynous legislation.
  • Hatching may be synchronous or asynchronous (one or two days apart).
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  • Even the shoes, booties with vertiginous heels, were covered in grasping little coral-like tentacles that shook as the models -- their faces abloom with gold and colorful stripes -- stomped down the catwalk. Balmain, Zac Posen, Rick Owens & Manish Arora Out Of This World In Paris (PHOTOS, POLL)
  • Collaborative learning was achieved through synchronous as well as asynchronous interactive chats.
  • I am a misocapnist, particularly when someone is using mundungus with nepheligenous results. Single Word Open Thread #1 « Whatever
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