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sense

(s/E/ns )

a general conscious awareness(noun.cognition)

Example:
A sense of security.
A sense of happiness.
A sense of danger.
A sense of self.

source: wordnet30
the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted(noun.communication)

Example:
The dictionary gave several senses for the word.
In the best sense charity is really a duty.

Synonym:
signified

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the faculty through which the external world is apprehended(noun.cognition)

Example:
In the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing.

Synonym:
sensation, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency

source: wordnet30
sound practical judgment(noun.cognition)

Example:
Common sense is not so common.
He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples.
Fortunately she had the good sense to run away.

Synonym:
common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit

source: wordnet30
a natural appreciation or ability(noun.cognition)

Example:
A keen musical sense.
A good sense of timing.

source: wordnet30
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.(noun)

source: webster1913