Definitions For Sense

noun

  • Sound practical judgment
  • The faculty through which the external world is apprehended
  • A general conscious awareness
  • A natural appreciation or ability
  • The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
  • One of the five natural powers (touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing) through which you receive information about the world around you
  • A physical feeling : something that your body experiences
  • A particular feeling : an emotion that you are aware of

verb

  • Comprehend
  • Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
  • Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
  • Detect some circumstance or entity automatically
  • To understand or be aware of (something) without being told about it or having evidence that it is true
  • To detect the presence or occurrence of (something)

Is Sense a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
6

The word Sense is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Sense in a Sentence

  • 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.

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