sense

/sɛns/
noun 5verb 3

Collocations

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1

(noun.) one of the five natural physical powers of the body

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

2

(noun.) understanding/awareness of sth

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.

3

(noun.) natural ability to do/produce sth well

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.

4

(noun.) ability to think/act in a sensible way

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.

5

(noun.) reason

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.

6

(noun.) your senses: ability to think clearly

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.

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