Definitions for sensible
ˈsɛn sə bəlsen·si·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 5 votes

1. reasonable, sensibleadjective

   showing reason or sound judgment

   "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

2. sensible, sensitiveadjective

   able to feel or perceive

   "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"

3. sensibleadjective

   readily perceived by the senses

   "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"

4. sensibleadjective

   aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed

   "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sensibleadjective

   Perceptible by the senses.

2. sensibleadjective

   Easily perceived; appreciable.

3. sensibleadjective

   Able to feel or perceive.

4. sensibleadjective

   Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.

5. sensibleadjective

   Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.

6. sensibleadjective

   Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason.

7. sensibleadjective

   Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensibleadjective

   Etymology: sensible, French; sensilis, Latin.

   1. Having the power of perceiving by the senses.

   Would your cambrick were as sensible as your finger, that you might leave pricking it for pity. William Shakespeare.

   These be those discourses of God, whose effects those that live witness in themselves; the sensible in their sensible natures, the reasonable in their reasonable souls. Walter Raleigh.

   A blind man conceives not colours, but under the notion of some other sensible faculty. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   2. Perceptible by the senses.

   By reason man attaineth unto the knowledge of things that are and are not sensible: it resteth, therefore, that we search how man attaineth unto the knowledge of such things unsensible as are to be known. Richard Hooker.

   Is this a dagger which I see before me,
   The handle tow’rd my hand? Come, let me clutch thee:
   I have thee not, and yet I see thee still:
   Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
   To feeling as to sight? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The space left and acquired in every sensible moment in such slow progressions, is so inconsiderable, that it cannot possibly move the sense. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   It is manifest that the heavens are void of all sensible resistance, and by consequence of all sensible matter. Newton.

   The far greater part of men are no otherwise moved than by sense, and have neither leisure nor ability so far to improve their power of reflection, as to be capable of conceiving the divine perfections, without the assistance of sensible objects. John Rogers, Sermons.

   Air is sensible to the touch by its motion, and by its resistance to bodies moved in it. John Arbuthnot, on Air.

   3. Perceived by the mind.

   Idleness was punished by so many stripes in publick, and the disgrace was more sensible than the pain. William Temple.

   4. Perceiving by either mind or senses; having perception by the mind or senses.

   This must needs remove
   The sensible of pain. John Milton.

   I saw you in the East at your first arising: I was as soon sensible as any of that light, when just shooting out, and beginning to travel upwards to the meridian. Dryden.

   I do not say there is no soul in man, because he is not sensible of it in his sleep; but I do say, he cannot think at any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. John Locke.

   The versification is as beautiful as the description complete; every ear must be sensible of it. William Broome, Notes on the Odyss.

   5. Having moral perception; having the quality of being affected by moral good or ill.

   If thou wert sensible of courtesy,
   I should not make so great a shew of zeal. William Shakespeare.

   6. Having quick intellectual feeling; being easily or strongly affected.

   Even I, the bold, the sensible of wrong,
   Restrain’d by shame, was forc’d to hold my tongue. Dryd.

   7. Convinced; persuaded. A low use.

   They are very sensible that they had better have pushed their conquests on the other side of the Adriatick; for then their territories would have lain together. Addison.

   8. In low conversation it has sometimes the sense of reasonable; judicious; wise.

   I have been tired with accounts from sensible men, furnished with matters of fact, which have happened within their own knowledge. Addison.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sensible

   Sensible is an adjective that refers to the quality of being practical, logical, or showing good judgment. It can also describe something as reasonable, appropriate and understandable. In some contexts, it can refer to capable of sensing or perceiving something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sensibleadjective

   capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance

2. Sensibleadjective

   having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible

3. Sensibleadjective

   hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer

4. Sensibleadjective

   perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded

5. Sensibleadjective

   having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil

6. Sensibleadjective

   possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise

7. Sensiblenoun

   sensation; sensibility

8. Sensiblenoun

   that which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible

9. Sensiblenoun

   that which has sensibility; a sensitive being

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sensible' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3737

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sensible' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2193

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sensible' in Adjectives Frequency: #475

How to pronounce sensible?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sensible in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensible in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sensible in a Sentence

1. Hillary Clinton:

   I think that what we need is a national movement, we're going to go at this from the top down, namely go back to the Congress, go back to try and put together a sensible, bipartisan position that was supported before in the Senate to get to universal background checks.

2. Johann von Goethe:

   The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

3. Socrates:

   Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

4. Liu Zhiquan:

   It essentially aims to improve environmental quality and force local authorities to formulate a more sensible industrial plan.

5. Richard Needham:

   A sensible man knows you can't please everybody. A wise man knows you can't please anybody.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sensible
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sensible
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sensible
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensible