"come to one's senses" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come to one's senses.ogg Forms: comes to one's senses [present, singular, third-person], coming to one's senses [participle, present], came to one's senses [past], come to one's senses [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to one's senses}} come to one's senses (third-person singular simple present comes to one's senses, present participle coming to one's senses, simple past came to one's senses, past participle come to one's senses)
  1. (idiomatic) To reawaken after having lost consciousness. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (reawaken): come to, come round Translations (to reawaken after having lost consciousness): tulla tajuihinsa (Finnish), revenir à soi (French), reprendre ses esprits (French), visszanyeri az eszméletét (Hungarian), magához tér (Hungarian), sadarkan diri (Indonesian), tornare in sé (Italian), animum recuperare (Latin), animum reciperare (Latin), odzyskiwać przytomność [imperfective] (Polish), odzyskać przytomność [perfective] (Polish), dochodzić do siebie [imperfective] (Polish), dojść do siebie [perfective] (Polish), очнуться (očnutʹsja) (Russian), опам'ято́вуватися (opamʺjatóvuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), опам'ятува́тися (opamʺjatuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), опам'ята́тися (opamʺjatátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), отя́млюватися (otjámljuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), отя́митися (otjámytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), прийти́ до тя́ми (pryjtý do tjámy) [perfective] (Ukrainian), прийти́ до па́м'яті (pryjtý do pámʺjati) [perfective] (Ukrainian), оприто́мнювати (oprytómnjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оприто́мніти (oprytómnity) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-come_to_one's_senses-en-verb-CDdN0NW5 Disambiguation of 'reawaken': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'to reawaken after having lost consciousness': 87 13
  2. (idiomatic) To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, confused, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible): sense, smarten up Translations (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible): aposentar (Asturian), asitiar (Asturian), järkiintyä (Finnish), tulla järkiinsä (Finnish), revenir à soi (French), észre tér (Hungarian), tornare in sé (Italian), opamiętywać się [imperfective] (Polish), opamiętać się [perfective] (Polish), одуматься (odumatʹsja) (Russian), sentar la cabeza (Spanish), ta sitt förnuft till fånga (Swedish), схамену́тися (sxamenútysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), опам'ято́вуватися (opamʺjatóvuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), опам'ятува́тися (opamʺjatuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), опам'ята́тися (opamʺjatátysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), отя́млюватися (otjámljuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), отя́митися (otjámytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), оду́матися (odúmatysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), оприто́мнювати (oprytómnjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оприто́мніти (oprytómnity) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-come_to_one's_senses-en-verb-nF9PLC90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible': 3 97

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[H]e dropped from his seat at my side, like a man struck dead. The stifling heat in the theater had proved too much for him. We carried him out at once into the fresh air. When he came to his senses, my friend entreated me to leave him, and see the end of the play."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
      "word": "tulla tajuihinsa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
      "word": "revenir à soi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
      "word": "reprendre ses esprits"
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
      "word": "visszanyeri az eszméletét"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "magához tér"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
      "word": "sadarkan diri"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "word": "animum recuperare"
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "word": "odzyskiwać przytomność"
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      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "roman": "očnutʹsja",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
      "word": "очнуться"
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      "roman": "opamʺjatóvuvatysja",
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      "word": "опам'ято́вуватися"
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "otjámytysja",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "roman": "pryjtý do tjámy",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "roman": "pryjtý do pámʺjati",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "roman": "oprytómnjuvaty",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "roman": "oprytómnity",
      "sense": "to reawaken after having lost consciousness",
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "aposentar"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "asitiar"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "järkiintyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "tulla järkiinsä"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "revenir à soi"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "észre tér"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "tornare in sé"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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      "word": "opamiętywać się"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "opamiętać się"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "odumatʹsja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "одуматься"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "sentar la cabeza"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "word": "ta sitt förnuft till fånga"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxamenútysja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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      "word": "схамену́тися"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "opamʺjatóvuvatysja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "опам'ято́вуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opamʺjatuvátysja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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      "word": "опам'ятува́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "opamʺjatátysja",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "опам'ята́тися"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otjámljuvatysja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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      "word": "отя́млюватися"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otjámytysja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "отя́митися"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odúmatysja",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "оду́матися"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oprytómnjuvaty",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оприто́мнювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oprytómnity",
      "sense": "to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible",
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      "word": "оприто́мніти"
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  "word": "come to one's senses"
}

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