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  1. make senseverb

    Synonyms:
    make head or tail of

  2. make senseverb

    To be coherent or reasonable.

    Synonyms:
    make head or tail of

  3. make senseverb

    To decipher or understand.

    Can you make sense of her handwriting?

    Synonyms:
    make head or tail of

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  1. make sense, add upverb

    be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

    Synonyms:
    tot up, add, amount, sum up, sum, tally, total, add together, add up, summate, number, tote up, tot, come

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How to use make sense in a sentence?

  1. Sergio Busquets:

    The referee said that Eric García played the ball and, from that moment, that annulled the offside, but that doesn't make sense -- Eric García tries to cut the ball off because Eric García thinks Mbappé is going to get there because he thinks he's in a legal position. They don't explain that to us.

  2. Archibald MacLeish:

    The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life -- to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity.

  3. Carrie Severino:

    When Carrie Severino consider the significance of the cases Supreme Court than Republicans will be deciding this fall and going forward and the potential cases that could come up with the election, operating short-handed doesn't make sense.

  4. Anya Kamenetz:

    Humans have always used stories to help things make sense... and deal with emotions.

  5. Dannel Malloy:

    The deaths of these children and educators should stand for something, not temporarily, but permanently, whether it is reinforced glass in schools, placing locks on the inside of classroom doors, selling guns with gun locks, or improving mental health programs, these are recommendations that make sense.


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  • منطقيArabic
  • fer sentit, tenir sentitCatalan, Valencian
  • dávat smyslCzech
  • give meningDanish
  • Sinn ergeben, schlau werden aus, begreifen, Sinn geben, sinnvoll sein, Sinn machen, verstehenGerman
  • havi senconEsperanto
  • entender, cuadrar, encajar, ser lógico, tener sentidoSpanish
  • قابل فهمPersian
  • olla järkeä, saada selvääFinnish
  • avoir du sens, tenir deboutFrench
  • dèan tuigseScottish Gaelic
  • logikus, érthető, kihámoz, értelmesHungarian
  • ha senso, avere sensoItalian
  • 意味, 納得するJapanese
  • snappen, kloppen, zinvol, verstaan, ontcijferen, betekenisvolDutch
  • gi meningNorwegian
  • fazer sentidoPortuguese
  • avea sensRomanian
  • понимать, иметь смысл, понятно, разбирать, быть понятнымRussian
  • gå ihop, tyda, låta vettig, få ut något av, vara begriplig, gå i hop, kännas vettig, förstå, vara vettig, begripaSwedish
  • பயன்Tamil
  • అర్ధవంతంTelugu
  • mantıklı, anlaşılabilirTurkish

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