make sense
idiom
1
: to have a clear meaning : to be easy to understand
We read the recommendations and thought they made (perfect) sense.
The instructions don't make any sense (at all).
The instructions make no sense (at all).
You're not making much sense (to me).
2
: to be reasonable
It makes sense to leave early to avoid traffic.
It makes little/no sense to continue.
Why would he do such an awful thing? It makes no sense (to me).
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Set up a space for your tools and products that are within easy reach and make sense to get in and out of the space easily.
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Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
For certain applications and prompts, increasing how long inference takes simply doesn’t make sense, says Dilek Hakkani-Tur, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
With that in mind, Entertainment Weekly is taking a long, hard look at The Sopranos’ ending to make sense of everything that happened — especially that closing shot.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
And still, the effort to help young people make sense of the tragedy, to understand its indefinite scope, and to give them some hope for the future must be no easy task.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
For certain applications and prompts, increasing how long inference takes simply doesn’t make sense, says Dilek Hakkani-Tur, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
With that in mind, Entertainment Weekly is taking a long, hard look at The Sopranos’ ending to make sense of everything that happened — especially that closing shot.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
And still, the effort to help young people make sense of the tragedy, to understand its indefinite scope, and to give them some hope for the future must be no easy task.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Make sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20sense. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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