sense

  1. Noun.  One of the methods for a living being to gather data about the world; sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
  2. Noun.  A general conscious awareness.
  3. Noun.  Sound practical judgment, as in common sense.
  4. Noun.  The meaning, reason, or value of something.
  5. Noun.  A natural appreciation or ability.
  6. Noun.  (context, pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
  7. Noun.  (context, semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
  8. Noun.  (context, mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
  9. Noun.  (context, mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
  10. Verb.  To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
  11. Verb.  To instinctively be aware.
  12. Verb.  To comprehend.

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