make sense
To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.
The thing doesn’t make sense to me.
ADJ
acute, good, keen | poor | sixth
VERB + SENSE
have
My grandmother has a strong sense of humor that always makes family dinners fun.
lose
After the accident, he lost his sense of balance and had to learn to walk again.
regain | heighten, sharpen | dull
appeal to
The bright colors and loud music of the festival appealed to all the senses.
SENSE + VERB
tell sb
My senses told me something was wrong the moment I walked into the empty house.
reel, swim
After spinning round and round on the fairground ride, my senses reeled for several minutes.
SENSE + NOUN
organ
PREP
through the ~s
Young children discover the world through their senses when they touch, taste, and explore everything around them.
PHRASES
an assault on the senses, the evidence of your senses, the five senses, the sense of hearing/sight/smell/taste/touch
ADJ
deep, great, keen, strong, tremendous
She had a strong sense of responsibility toward her younger siblings.
growing, heightened
slight, vague
I had a slight sense that something was wrong, but I couldn't explain why.
innate, intuitive, natural
She had an intuitive sense of what her young children needed before they even asked.
moral
VERB + SENSE
feel, have | display, show | give sb | lose | heighten, sharpen | dull
PREP
~ of
My grandmother has always had a strong sense of humor even in difficult times.
ADJ
good | bad, poor | innate, intuitive, natural
business, dress
My manager has excellent business sense and always makes profitable decisions for the company.
VERB + SENSE
have
PREP
~ of
My grandmother had a wonderful sense of humor that made everyone laugh at family dinners.
ADJ
good
common, horse
If you used a bit of horse sense, you would have checked the weather before planning the picnic.
VERB + SENSE
have
She had the sense to leave the party early when she felt unwell.
display, show
learn
After making the same mistake twice, he finally began to learn some sense about managing his money.
SENSE + VERB
tell sb
PHRASES
have more money than sense, (not) an ounce of sense
That boy has more money than sense, spending his entire paycheck on video games.
ADJ
perfect
Her explanation of how the new software works made perfect sense to everyone in the meeting.
VERB + SENSE
make
see
After the argument, she finally saw sense and apologized to her friend.
talk
My father finally started to talk sense about saving money for retirement.
PREP
~ in
I can see a lot of sense in your decision to study before the exam.
PHRASES
talk sense into sb
His friends finally managed to talk some sense into him about quitting his job.
there's no sense in sth
There's no sense in waiting for the bus if you're already late for work.
VERB + SENSE
come to, regain
take leave of
When he decided to quit his job without another offer, his friends worried he had taken leave of his senses.
bring sb to
PHRASES
in your (right) senses
If you were in your right senses, you wouldn't have agreed to such a terrible deal.