{
    "term": "sense",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an understanding about something; an ability to judge something",
            "sensetop": "sense (of something)",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One of the most important things in a partner is a **sense of humour** *(= the ability to find things funny or make people laugh)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a very good **sense of direction** *(= finds the way to a place easily)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has lost all sense of direction in her life *(= the idea of what she should do in her life)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Always try to keep a **sense of proportion** *(= of the relative importance of different things)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sense of rhythm/timing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sense of fun/adventure"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Readers gain a real sense of what life was like in the camp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alex doesn't have any **dress sense** *(= does not know which clothes look attractive)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He seems to have lost his sense of reality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have absolutely no fashion sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a great sense of style."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a natural sense of justice"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "wonderful"],
                "verb + sense": ["have"],
                "preposition": ["sense of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "good understanding and judgement; knowledge of what is sensible or practical behaviour",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You should **have the sense to** take advice when it is offered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**There's no sense in** *(= it is not sensible)* worrying about it now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can't you **talk sense** *(= say something sensible)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's **a lot of sense** in what Mary says."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He at least had the sense to call the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some people have more money than sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How could you even think of doing such a thing? Have some sense!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wish my daughter would learn some sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you had an ounce of sense, you'd never have agreed to help him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a lot of sense in what he's saying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no sense in going home before the concert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was respected for his humour and his good sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I developed a certain road sense during my years as a cyclist."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "perfect", "good"],
                "verb + sense": ["have", "display", "show"],
                "preposition": ["sense in"],
                "phrases": [
                    "have more money than sense",
                    "make little sense",
                    "(not) an ounce of sense"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the meaning that a word or phrase has; a way of understanding something",
            "sensetop": "in … sensein the sense of somethingin the sense that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That word has three senses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word ‘love’ is used in different senses by different people.",
                    "contextForm": "in … sense"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Globalization **in the broadest sense** is nothing new."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word ‘perspective’ is being used here in a technical sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a true friend, **in every sense of the word** *(= in every possible way)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**In a sense** *(= in one way)* it doesn't matter any more."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**In some senses** *(= in one or more ways)* the criticisms were justified."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**In no sense** can the issue be said to be resolved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am using ‘cold’ in the sense of ‘unfriendly’.",
                    "contextForm": "in the sense of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't mean that the press ought to be free in the sense that no one ought to pay for it.",
                    "contextForm": "in the sense that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a sense in which we are all to blame for the tragedy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a tragedy in the fullest sense of the word."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These teachings do not constitute a religion in the conventional sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The novel is about education in its widest sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a very real sense, post-war repression was the continuation of the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a certain sense, justice was done."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't have any friends in the usual sense of the word."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am not writing poetry in the traditional sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He and I were no longer friends in any meaningful sense."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "loose", "wide"],
                "verb + sense": ["have"],
                "preposition": ["in a sense"],
                "phrases": [
                    "in every sense of the word",
                    "in a very real sense",
                    "in the true sense of the word"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "one of the five powers (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) that your body uses to get information about the world around you",
            "sensetop": "sense of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the five senses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dogs have a **keen sense** *(= strong sense)* of smell.",
                    "contextForm": "sense of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**the sense organs** *(= eyes, ears, nose, etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could hardly believe the evidence of my own senses *(= what I could see, hear, etc.)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mixture of sights, smells and sounds around her made her senses reel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Art should appeal to the senses rather than the intellect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a sixth sense when it comes to fashion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Raccoons have a highly developed sense of touch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lost her sense of hearing early in life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When she came to, her senses told her she was lying on a beach."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["acute", "developed", "good"],
                "verb + sense": ["have", "lose", "heighten"],
                "sense + verb": ["tell somebody", "reel", "swim"],
                "sense + noun": ["organ"],
                "preposition": ["through the senses"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the five senses",
                    "the sense of hearing",
                    "the sense of sight"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a feeling about something important",
            "sensetop": "sense of somethingsense (that)…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His career was guided by a **strong sense** of duty.",
                    "contextForm": "sense of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is now a **sense of urgency** to fix the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have found a **sense of purpose** in the work I do here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people in the country have a strong **sense of** national **identity**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My parents instilled a strong **sense of responsibility** in me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Clubs try to create a **sense of community**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Helmets can give cyclists a **false sense of security**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **felt** an overwhelming **sense** of loss."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **had the sense that** he was worried about something.",
                    "contextForm": "sense (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **got the sense** that she wasn't very pleased to see us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt a deep sense of relief after the phone call."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I experienced a new sense of freedom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many felt a renewed sense of purpose in the nation's war effort."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Patti had a nagging sense of foreboding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conviction may bring a sense of closure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We felt a profound sense of alienation from Western culture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a palpable sense of danger"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vague sense of unease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doesn't she have any sense of guilt about what she did?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "great", "keen"],
                "verb + sense": ["experience", "feel", "have"],
                "preposition": ["sense of"],
                "phrases": ["a false sense of security"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a normal state of mind; the ability to think clearly",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If she threatens to leave, it should **bring him to his senses**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I waited for them to **come to their senses** and return."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one in their right senses would give him the job!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you **out of your senses**? You'll be killed!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + senses": ["come to", "regain", "take leave of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try and persuade somebody to stop behaving in a stupid way, sometimes using rough or violent methods",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Try and talk some sense into her before she makes the wrong decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where would I be without you to knock some sense into my head?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to have a meaning that you can easily understand",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This sentence doesn't make sense."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be a sensible thing to do",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are strict medicals for pilots, which **makes good sense**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Family-friendly policies make good business sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It makes little sense to discuss this now."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be easy to understand or explain",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "John wasn't making much sense on the phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who would send me all these flowers? It makes no sense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It all **made perfect sense** to me."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to understand something that is difficult or has no clear meaning",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can’t make sense of that painting."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start to be sensible or reasonable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I tried to make him see sense, but he just wouldn't listen."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a feeling or understanding that an event is important or special",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Candles on the table gave the evening a sense of occasion."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to start behaving in a crazy way",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sens/",
                "audio": "se/sense/sense__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sens/",
                "audio": "se/sense/sense__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘meaning’): from Latin sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent."
}