Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sense

plural of sensing

present participle of sense

The act of sensation.

Knowledge of how to dress fashionably.

(basketball) A player's knowledge of all that is occurring in the game.

(idiomatic) Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom that trumps formal education.

(humorous) An intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky; (more generally) instinct, intuition.

plural of sense strand

(genetics) A strand of (two-stranded) DNA which is transcribed into mRNA.