sensible
pronunciation
How to pronounce sensible in British English:
UK [ˈsensəbl]
How to pronounce sensible in American English:
US [ˈsensəbl]
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- Adjective:
- showing reason or sound judgment
- able to feel or perceive
- acting with or showing thought and good sense
- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- readily perceived by the senses
- aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
- proceeding from good sense or judgment
Word Origin
- sensible (adj.)
- late 14c., "capable of sensation or feeling;" also "capable of being sensed or felt, perceptible to the senses," hence "easily understood; logical, reasonable," from Late Latin sensibilis "having feeling, perceptible by the senses," from sensus, past participle of sentire "perceive, feel" (see sense (n.)). Of persons, "aware, cognizant (of something)" early 15c.; "having good sense, capable of reasoning, discerning, clever," mid-15c. Of clothes, shoes, etc., "practical rather than fashionable" it is attested from 1855. Other Middle English senses included "susceptible to injury or pain" (early 15c., now gone with sensitive); "worldly, temporal, outward" (c. 1400); "carnal, unspiritual" (early 15c., now gone with sensual). Related: Sensibleness.
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Example
- 1. This is all sensible stuff .
- 2. This is all eminently sensible .
- 3. He supported sensible immigration reform .
- 4. These are all sensible ideas .
- 5. These ideas seem eminently sensible .