sense /sens/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a general conscious awareness
• (n.) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
• (n.) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Chinese translation

• n. 感应, 感觉, 感官, 意识, 观念, 情理, 知觉, 理智
• vt. 感觉, 觉察, 检测
• [计] 阅读; 检测

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/sens/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 5.19 · Common

Word forms

sensed, sensing, senses

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Related words

sensitive · sensible · sensitivity · sensor · sensation · sensory · sensational · senseless

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