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- verb Present participle of
sense .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun becoming aware of something via the senses
- noun the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
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Examples
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Mr. NEGISHI: I can begin sensing its enormous impact.
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Mr. NEGISHI: I can begin sensing its enormous impact.
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Over the years, he's been uncomfortable in sensing differences.
NFLPA doctor: Standardized tests necessary for concussion treatment 2009
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But apparently I'm not alone in sensing that we might be near some sort of a market peak.
Economics of College and Sports, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We've become conditioned, what we like has been reinforced, and yes, yes, motion-sensing is cool, but just give us what we're used to ... we want more of THAT.
Wilting The Evergreen SVGL 2009
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He was correct in sensing that as far as telling a story was concerned it had long ago run dry.
ronald baatz | the elephants and everybody else « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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He was correct in sensing that as far as telling a story was concerned it had long ago run dry.
August « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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Such an ability is extremely valuable in sensing and avoiding danger in an animal community.
Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer 2006
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Long assumed to be vestiges from the time when whale ancestors had body hair, it now seems that these structures have a role in sensing vibrations.
From cigar to elongated, bloated tadpole: rorquals part II Darren Naish 2006
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Long assumed to be vestiges from the time when whale ancestors had body hair, it now seems that these structures have a role in sensing vibrations.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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