make sense

make sense
verb
be reasonable or logical or comprehensible (Freq. 9)
• Syn: ↑add up
• Hypernyms: ↑be
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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It ——s that CLAUSE

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be intelligible, justifiable, or practicable

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make sense
1 : to have a clear meaning : to be easy to understand

We read the recommendations and thought they made (perfect) sense.

The instructions don't make any sense (at all). = The instructions make no sense (at all). = The instructions make little sense.

You're not making much sense (to me). [=I can't understand what you're saying]

2 : to be reasonable

It makes sense to leave early to avoid traffic.

It makes little/no sense to continue. [=there is little/no point in continuing]

Why would he do such an awful thing? It makes no sense (to me).

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Main Entry: ↑sense

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make ˈsense idiom
1. to have a meaning that you can easily understand

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This sentence doesn't make sense.

2. to be a sensible thing to do

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It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version.

3. to be easy to understand or explain

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John wasn't making much sense on the phone.

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Who would send me all these flowers? It makes no sense.

Main entry: ↑senseidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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