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Make sense

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be sensible, coherent, reasonable. idiomatic, intransitive

    "The thing doesn’t make sense to me."

  2. 2
    be reasonable or logical or comprehensible wordnet
  3. 3
    To decipher or understand. idiomatic, intransitive, with-of

    "Can you make sense of her handwriting?"

  4. 4
    Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to. informal

    "Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore."

  5. 5
    To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed. slang

    "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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