0 an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel: --
The decorations, flowers, and crowds gave the town a real sense of occasion.
We have the same sense of humour.
She has a really good sense of humour.
Don't be angry - it was just a joke - where's your sense of fun?
The helicopters hovering overhead added to the sense of urgency.
Did you get any sense of how they might react?
My cold is so bad I've lost my sense of smell/taste (= I can't smell/taste anything).
With her excellent sense of smell, she could tell if you were a smoker from the other side of the room.
1 the characteristic of having good judgment, especially when it is based on practical ideas or understanding: --
The accident brought him to his senses (= caused him to use his good judgment again) and made him stop drinking.
It's time you came to your senses (= started to use your good judgment) and realized that they are not going to help you.
Have you taken leave of/lost your senses? (= Have you lost your ability to make a good judgment?)
Planning so far ahead makes no sense - so many things will have changed by next year.
Where's/What's the sense (= what is the advantage) in paying someone when you could get a volunteer?
[ + -ing verb ] There's no sense in waiting (= it is not practical to wait) - the next train isn't for two hours.
It makes (good) sense to buy a big pack because it works out cheaper in the end.
[ + to infinitive ] I hope they'll have the (good) sense/have enough sense to shut the windows before they leave.
2 one of the possible meanings of a word or phrase: --
She claims that the system is at fault and she's right, in a sense (= she is partly right).
It's a book which is, in every sense, about different ways of seeing the world.
I've read the letter twice, but I can't make (any) sense of it (= I can't understand it).
This passage doesn't make (any) sense (= the meaning is not clear).
Security defined in the broad/broadest sense of the term means getting at the root causes of trouble and helping to reduce regional conflicts.
The packaging is green - in both senses of the word (= it is green in colour and it is good for the environment).
They are not immigrants, at least not in any sense that I understand.
3 to feel or experience something without being able to explain exactly how: --
4 the ability to make reasonable judgments: --
5 any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel --
To measure hand motion, a receiver is placed on the back of the user sensing glove.
Estimation of tropical forest extent and regeneration stage using remotely sensed data.
Relationships between remotely sensed reflectance data and cotton growth and yield.
I sensed at various points in the conference that actually we were happier at the margins.
The micro-rover provides the mounting platform for the scientific instrument package (remote sensing instruments) while each mole carries a sensor head to the laser-based instruments.
On the contrary, if the same amount of information is extracted with fewer measurements, the overall sensing speed can be increased.
We focused on remote sensing instrumentation for reasons that will become apparent.
Through indirect focus and attentiveness to the breath, the actor senses their mouth-less-ness - a darkness reaching down through the entire body.
