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"text": "The thing doesn’t make sense to me.",
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{
"text": "Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.",
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{
"ref": "1980, ABBA (lyrics and music), “The Winner Takes It All”",
"text": "I was in your arms\nThinking I belonged there\nI figured it made sense\nBuilding me a fence",
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"To be sensible, coherent, reasonable."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To be sensible, coherent, reasonable."
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"word": "add up"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "tener sentíu"
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"word": "има смисъл"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "有意義"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "有道理"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "dávat smysl"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "give mening"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "kloppen"
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"word": "zinvol zijn"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "olla järkeä"
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"familiar"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "Sinn ergeben"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"word": "sinnvoll sein"
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"word": "logikus"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "ciall a bheith le"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "avere senso"
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"alt": "いみする",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "意味する"
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"alt": "いみがとおる",
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"word": "意味が通る"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gi mening"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gjeva meining"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "قابل فهم"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
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"word": "trzymać się kupy"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "fazer sentido"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "a avea sens"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"roman": "imétʹ smysl",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "име́ть смысл"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"roman": "bytʹ ponjátnym",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "быть поня́тным"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"word": "ser lógico"
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"word": "encajar"
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"word": "cuadrar"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"word": "vara begriplig"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gå ihop"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "verka vettig"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"word": "låta vettig"
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"word": "kännas vettig"
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"_dis1": "85 2 3 9",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "mantıklı"
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"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gwneud synnwyr"
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"text": "Can you make sense of her handwriting?",
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"To decipher or understand."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand."
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "理解"
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"roman": "dǒngde",
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"word": "懂得"
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "ontcijferen"
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"word": "verstaan"
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"word": "snappen"
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "saada selvää"
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "schlau werden aus"
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"word": "begreifen"
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"word": "kihámoz"
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"word": "ciall a bhaint as"
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "dare un senso"
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "capire"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "decifrare"
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"alt": "なっとくする",
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"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "納得する"
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"word": "forstå"
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"word": "tyde"
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"word": "entender"
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"word": "понима́ть"
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"word": "tyda"
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"word": "få ut något av"
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"text": "Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.",
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"text": "If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.",
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"intransitive",
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"text": "Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.",
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{
"word": "absurd"
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{
"word": "strapping"
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"English terms with usage examples",
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"text": "If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.",
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"glosses": [
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"bodybuilding",
"bodybuilding#Noun"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "tener sentíu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ima smisǎl",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "има смисъл"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "tenir sentit"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "fer sentit"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "有意義"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu yìyì",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "有意义"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu dàolǐ",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "有道理"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "dávat smysl"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "give mening"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "kloppen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "zinvol zijn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "betekenisvol zijn"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "havi sencon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "olla järkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "avoir du sens"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"tags": [
"France",
"familiar"
],
"word": "tenir debout"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "faire sens"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "Sinn ergeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "sinnvoll sein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "Sinn geben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "Sinn machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "logikus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "értelmes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "érthető"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "van értelme"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "ciall a bheith le"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "avere senso"
},
{
"alt": "いみする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "imi-surú",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "意味する"
},
{
"alt": "いみがとおる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "imi-ga tōru",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "意味が通る"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gi mening"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gjeva meining"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "قابل فهم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kleić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "trzymać się kupy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "fazer sentido"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "a avea sens"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ smysl",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "име́ть смысл"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ ponjátnym",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "быть поня́тным"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponjátno",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "поня́тно"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "dèan tuigse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "tener sentido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "ser lógico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "encajar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "cuadrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "vara begriplig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gå ihop"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "verka vettig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "låta vettig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "kännas vettig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "vara vettig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "mejka sense"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "mantıklı"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to be coherent",
"word": "gwneud synnwyr"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐjiě",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "理解"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǒngde",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "懂得"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "ontcijferen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "verstaan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "snappen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "saada selvää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "schlau werden aus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "verstehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "begreifen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "kihámoz"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "ciall a bhaint as"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "dare un senso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "capire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "decifrare"
},
{
"alt": "なっとくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nattoku-surú",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "納得する"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "forstå"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "tyde"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "begripe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "entender"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponimátʹ",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "понима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbirátʹ",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "разбира́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "entender"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "begripa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "förstå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "tyda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "få ut något av"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to decipher, understand",
"word": "anlaşılabilir"
}
],
"word": "make sense"
}
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