"sensation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛnˈseɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-sensation.ogg [US] Forms: sensations [plural]
enPR: sĕn-sā'shən Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|sensatio}} sensatio, {{der|en|la|sensus}} Latin sensus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sensation (countable and uncountable, plural sensations)
  1. A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (physical feeling): αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), حَاسَّة (ḥāssa) [feminine] (Arabic), حِسّ (ḥiss) [masculine] (Arabic), զգայություն (zgayutʿyun) (Armenian), զգացում (zgacʿum) (Armenian), hiss (Azerbaijani), duyğu (Azerbaijani), пачуццё (pačuccjó) [neuter] (Belarusian), адчува́нне (adčuvánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), усе́щане (uséštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), чу́вство (čúvstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), сетиво́ (setivó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sensació [feminine] (Catalan), 感覺 (Chinese Mandarin), 感觉 (gǎnjué) (Chinese Mandarin), 知覺 (Chinese Mandarin), 知觉 (zhījué) (Chinese Mandarin), pocit [masculine] (Czech), følelse [common-gender] (Danish), gevoel [neuter] (Dutch), tunne (Finnish), tuntemus (Finnish), sensation [feminine] (French), შეგრძნება (šegrʒneba) (Georgian), გრძნობა (grʒnoba) (Georgian), Gefühl [neuter] (German), Empfindung [feminine] (German), αίσθηση (aísthisi) [feminine] (Greek), संवेदन (samvedan) [feminine] (Hindi), érzés (Hungarian), érzékelés (Hungarian), tuntu (Ingrian), sensazione [feminine] (Italian), senso [masculine] (Italian), impressione [feminine] (Italian), 感覚 (kankaku) (alt: かんかく) (Japanese), түйсік (tüisık) (Kazakh), 감각 (gamgak) (alt: 感覺) (Korean), sansasyon (Ladino), sajūta [feminine] (Latvian), pojūtis [masculine] (Lithuanian), осет (oset) [masculine] (Macedonian), ānini (Maori), संवेदना (sauvednā) [feminine] (Marathi), følelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), حِسّ (hess) (Persian), اِحساس (ehsâs) (Persian), czucie [neuter] (Polish), uczucie [neuter] (Polish), sensação [feminine] (Portuguese), senzație [feminine] (Romanian), simț [neuter] (Romanian), ощуще́ние (oščuščénije) [neuter] (Russian), чу́вство (čúvstvo) [neuter] (Russian), faireachdainn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), о̏сећа̄ј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍsećāj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pocit [masculine] (Slovak), občutek [masculine] (Slovene), sensación (Spanish), känsla [common-gender] (Swedish), förnimmelse [common-gender] (Swedish), эҳсос (ehsos) (Tajik), ҳис (his) (Tajik), duyu (Turkish), duygu (Turkish), his (Turkish), почуття́ (počuttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), відчуття́ (vidčuttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), حِس (his) (Urdu), his (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-sensation-en-noun-JJvDJBiB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 9 42 4 8 Disambiguation of 'physical feeling': 81 8 6 1 4
  2. (psychology, physiology) Excitation of sensory organs. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology, Psychology Translations (excitation of sensory organs): aistimus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sensation-en-noun--M70uDUV Topics: human-sciences, medicine, physiology, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'excitation of sensory organs': 2 95 1 0 2
  3. A widespread reaction of interest or excitement. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (widespread excitement): սենսացիա (sensacʿia) (Armenian), sensasiya (Azerbaijani), сенса́цыя (sjensácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), сэнса́цыя (sensácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), сенза́ция (senzácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 轟動 (Chinese Mandarin), 轰动 (hōngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), senzace [feminine] (Czech), sensation [common-gender] (Danish), sensatie [feminine] (Dutch), sensatsioon (Estonian), sensaatio (Finnish), kohu (Finnish), sensation [feminine] (French), სენსაცია (sensacia) (Georgian), Sensation [feminine] (German), szenzáció (Hungarian), sensazione [feminine] (Italian), colpo [masculine] (Italian), impressione [feminine] (Italian), effetto sensazionale [masculine] (Italian), 感動 (kandō) (alt: かんどう) (Japanese), センセーション (sensēshon) (Japanese), 감동 (gamdong) (alt: 感動) (Korean), сенсация (sensatsiya) (Kyrgyz), sensācija [feminine] (Latvian), sensacija [feminine] (Lithuanian), сензација (senzacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), ard-haghyrt (Manx), sensasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sensasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sensacja [feminine] (Polish), sensação [feminine] (Portuguese), senzație [feminine] (Romanian), сенса́ция (sensácija) [feminine] (Russian), сенза́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), senzácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), senzácia [feminine] (Slovak), senzacija [feminine] (Slovene), sensation [common-gender] (Swedish), ҳангома (hangoma) (Tajik), సంచలనం (sañcalanaṁ) (Telugu), sansasyon (Turkish), sensasiýa (Turkmen), сенса́ція (sensácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sensatsiya (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-sensation-en-noun-hC8lOMbH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 9 42 4 8 Disambiguation of 'widespread excitement': 11 6 81 0 3
  4. (figurative, uncommon, dated) A remarkable person. Tags: countable, dated, figuratively, uncommon, uncountable Synonyms: event
    Sense id: en-sensation-en-noun-ofM~2mKm
  5. (slang, archaic) A small serving of gin or sherry. Tags: archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sensation-en-noun-vcIHydZ9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: feeling, sensation, perception Derived forms: aftersensation, sensation-monger, sensation play, sensation time Related terms: sensational, sensation fiction, sensation novel, sense, sensible, sensitive, sensory, sensual, emotion

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "physical feeling",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "sense": "physical feeling",
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            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "physical feeling",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "uczucie"
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "sense": "physical feeling",
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "sense": "physical feeling",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "_dis1": "81 8 6 1 4",
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          "code": "be",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "roman": "sensacia",
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          "word": "სენსაცია"
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
          "code": "hu",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "sense": "widespread excitement",
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          "code": "it",
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
          "alt": "かんどう",
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "code": "lv",
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "_dis1": "11 6 81 0 3",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "సంచలనం"
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          "code": "uz",
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          "ref": "1852, George Butler Earp, Gold Seeker's Manual, page 52",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1869, Meliora, volume 12, page 47",
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        "(slang, archaic) A small serving of gin or sherry."
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "sensation-monger"
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      "word": "sensation play"
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      "word": "sensation time"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "dizziness"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "faintness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "formication"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "giddiness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "heat"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "hot flash"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "hunger"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "itch"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "light-headedness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "obdormition"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "pain"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "palpitation"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "paresthesia"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "phantom limb"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "pins and needles"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "prickle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "sinking feeling"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "smell"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "sound"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "taste"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "thirst"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "tickling"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "tingling"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
      "word": "touch"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
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      "word": "sensational"
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    {
      "word": "sensation fiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "sensation novel"
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      "word": "sense"
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    {
      "word": "sensible"
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    {
      "word": "sensitive"
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    {
      "word": "sensory"
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    {
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          "ref": "1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind",
          "text": "Confining ourselves, for the moment, to sensations, we find that there are different degrees of publicity attaching to different sorts of sensations. If you feel a toothache when the other people in the room do not, you are in no way surprised; but if you hear a clap of thunder when they do not, you begin to be alarmed as to your mental condition.",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: perception"
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          "ref": "1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2",
          "text": "In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […] no sensation; […]",
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        "Excitation of sensory organs."
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        "(psychology, physiology) Excitation of sensory organs."
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        "medicine",
        "physiology",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
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          "ref": "1937, H. P. Lovecraft, The Thing on the Doorstep",
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          "text": "When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:sensation",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥāssa",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَاسَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥiss",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حِسّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zgayutʿyun",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "զգայություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zgacʿum",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "զգացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "hiss"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "duyğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pačuccjó",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "пачуццё"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "adčuvánnje",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "адчува́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uséštane",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усе́щане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čúvstvo",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чу́вство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "setivó",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сетиво́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "感覺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎnjué",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "感觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "知覺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhījué",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "知觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pocit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "følelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gevoel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "tunne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "tuntemus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šegrʒneba",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "შეგრძნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "grʒnoba",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "გრძნობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gefühl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Empfindung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aísthisi",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αίσθηση"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aísthēsis",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αἴσθησις"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "samvedan",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "संवेदन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "érzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "érzékelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "tuntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "senso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impressione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kankaku",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "感覚"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tüisık",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "түйсік"
    },
    {
      "alt": "感覺",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamgak",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "감각"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "sansasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sajūta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pojūtis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oset",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "осет"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "ānini"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sauvednā",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "संवेदना"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "følelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hess",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "حِسّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ehsâs",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "اِحساس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "czucie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uczucie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senzație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "simț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oščuščénije",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ощуще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čúvstvo",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чу́вство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faireachdainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о̏сећа̄ј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ȍsećāj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pocit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "občutek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "sensación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "känsla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förnimmelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ehsos",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "эҳсос"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "his",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "ҳис"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "duyu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "duygu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "his"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "počuttjá",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "почуття́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidčuttjá",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відчуття́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "his",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "حِس"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "physical feeling",
      "word": "his"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excitation of sensory organs",
      "word": "aistimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sensacʿia",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "սենսացիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "sensasiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjensácyja",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сенса́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sensácyja",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сэнса́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "senzácija",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сенза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "轟動"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hōngdòng",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "轰动"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senzace"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "sensatsioon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "sensaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "kohu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sensacia",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "სენსაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "szenzáció"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impressione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effetto sensazionale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kandō",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "感動"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sensēshon",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "センセーション"
    },
    {
      "alt": "感動",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamdong",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "감동"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sensatsiya",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "сенсация"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensācija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "senzacija",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сензација"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "ard-haghyrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sensação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senzație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sensácija",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сенса́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сенза́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senzácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senzácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senzacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hangoma",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "ҳангома"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sañcalanaṁ",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "సంచలనం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "sansasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "sensasiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sensácija",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сенса́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "widespread excitement",
      "word": "sensatsiya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sensation"
}

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