make sense — to be reasonable, logical, or comprehensible
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to be reasonable, logical, or comprehensible
Pronunciation (IPA): /meɪk sɛns/
Korean meaning: 말이 되다, 이해되다, 논리적이다
Korean pronunciation: 메이크 **센**스
Example Sentences
- Wearing a swimsuit to a job interview doesn't make sense.
- It makes sense to study hard before the exam.
- His story about meeting aliens at Starbucks doesn't make any sense.
make sense
VERB//meɪk sɛns//
to be reasonable, logical, or comprehensible
💡 Concept
The clues finally make sense once she connects them on the board.
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/meɪk sɛns/
🇬🇧 UK/meɪk sens/
🌳Etymology
Rootmake + sense
Origin
'make'는 고대 영어 'macian'(만들다)에서, 'sense'는 라틴어 'sensus'(감각, 느낌)에서 유래했습니다. 두 단어가 합쳐져 '이해를 만들어내다'는 의미가 되었습니다.
🎵Rhyme
densetensefence
dense
tense
fence
🔗Collocations
make perfect sense
doesn't make sense
make sense of
make economic sense
make complete sense
make little sense
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“Wearing a swimsuit to a job interview doesn't make sense.”
“It makes sense to study hard before the exam.”
😄 Fun example
“His story about meeting aliens at Starbucks doesn't make any sense.”
“Can you make sense of these complicated instructions?”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
be logicalbe reasonablebe understandableadd upbe coherent
Antonyms
be illogicalbe absurdbe nonsensical
Related
understandcomprehendlogicalreasonableclear
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