Level | A2 |
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Kind | noun |
Front | sense |
IPA | /sens / noun |
Back | duyu duygu |
Back 2 | sense (noun) /sens
/ noun
SIGHT, HEARING, ETC.
1 [countable]
one of the five
natural physical powers of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, that people
and animals have
duyu
I've got a cold and I've lost my sense
of smell.
Dogs have an acute sense of hearing.
FEELING
2 [singular]
a feeling of sth
duygu
I felt a tremendous sense of relief
when the exams were finally over.
She only visits her family out of a sense
of duty.
NATURAL ABILITY
3 [uncountable,
singular]
the ability to
understand sth; the ability to recognize what sth is or what its value is
duygu, anlayış
She seems to have lost all sense of
reality.
I like him – he's got a great sense of
humour.
I'm always getting lost. I've got
absolutely no sense of direction.
4 [uncountable,
singular]
a natural ability to
do or produce sth well
(bir şeyden) anlama
yeteneği
Good business sense made her a
millionaire.
He's got absolutely no dress sense (giyimden
anlamamak).
JUDGEMENT
5 [uncountable]
the ability to think
or act in a reasonable or sensible way; good judgement
akıl, sağduyu,
mantık
At least he had the sense to stop
when he realized he was making a mistake.
I think there's a lot of sense in what
you're saying.
They buy the most ridiculous things.
They've got more money than sense.
look at COMMON SENSE
REASON
6 [uncountable]
sense
(in doing sth)
the reason for doing
sth; purpose
anlam, mantık
There's no sense in going any further –
we're obviously lost.
What's the sense in making
the situation more difficult for yourself?
MEANING
7 [countable]
(used about a word,
phrase, etc.) a meaning
anlam
This word has two senses.
This is an epic film in every sense of
the word.
IDIOMS
come
to your senses
to finally realize that
you should do sth because it is the most sensible thing to do
aklı
başına gelmek
I'm glad she finally came to her senses and
went to university instead of getting married so young.
in
a sense
in one particular way
but not in other ways; partly
bir
anlamda, bir bakıma
In a sense you're right, but there's more
to the matter than that.
make
sense
1 to
be possible to understand; to have a clear meaning
anlamı
olmak, anlam ifade etmek
What does this sentence mean? It doesn't
make sense to me.
2
(used about an action) to be sensible or logical
akla
yakın olmak, mantıklı olmak
I think it would make sense to wait for a
while before making a decision.
make
sense of sth
to manage to
understand sth that is not clear or is difficult to understand
anlamak
I can't make sense of these instructions.
talk
sense
to say things that are
correct or sensible
aklı
başında laflar etmek
See if you can talk some sense into him.
He's the only politician who talks any
sense.
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