make sense of — 1. To understand 2. To see the purpose in, or explanation of • • • Main Entry: ↑sense * * * find meaning or coherence in she must try to make sense of what was going on * * * make (any) sense of : to understand (something) … Useful english dictionary
make sense — {v. phr.} 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. * /The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard./ Compare: MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF. 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or… … Dictionary of American idioms
make sense — {v. phr.} 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. * /The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard./ Compare: MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF. 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or… … Dictionary of American idioms
make sense of — (something) to understand something. The community is trying to make sense of the tragedy … New idioms dictionary
make sense — ► make sense be intelligible, justifiable, or practicable. Main Entry: ↑sense … English terms dictionary
make sense of — ► make sense of find meaning or coherence in. Main Entry: ↑sense … English terms dictionary
make sense — index cohere (be logically consistent) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make sense of — index elucidate, interpret Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make sense — verb be reasonable or logical or comprehensible (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑add up • Hypernyms: ↑be • Verb Frames: Something s It s that CLAUSE * * * be intelligible, jus … Useful english dictionary
make sense — verb a) To be coherent or reasonable. The thing doesn’t make sense to me. b) To decipher or understand. Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth … Wiktionary
