- 1to become aware of something even though you cannot see it, hear it, etc. sense something Sensing danger, they started to run. I sensed a note of tension in his voice. sense (that)… Lisa sensed that he did not believe her. Thomas, she sensed, could convince anyone of anything. sense somebody/something doing something He sensed someone moving around behind him. sense somebody/something do something He sensed something move in the bushes. sense how, what, etc… She could sense how nervous he was.
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of machine - 2sense something to discover and record something equipment that senses the presence of toxic gases
sense
verbNAmE//sɛns//
(not used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sense he / she / it senses
past simple sensed
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