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Make sense   /meɪk sɛns/   Listen
Make sense

verb
1.
Be reasonable or logical or comprehensible.  Synonym: add up.






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"Make sense" Quotes from Famous Books



... you going to make sense out of that?" asked Roy, who did not like to spend much time over anything. "It's ...
— The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View - Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand • Laura Lee Hope

... scorched earth Lord heard the sound of their voices. For a fleeting second the words seemed to make sense—a clear, unmistakable welcome to the ...
— Impact • Irving E. Cox

... and Hanlon, probing, could sense that his mind was full of question marks. "I'm not that important. If it had been the emperor"—Hanlon caught an impression of loyalty and love for that dignitary—"or even the Minister"—here he caught a feeling of doubt and some dislike—"it might make sense. Just as I cannot figure out why I should have been sent here for this purpose. It's almost ..." he was silent, and Hanlon's ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans

... is known about it, for there are many contemporary accounts. Its comprehension is of vast interest to history. The Catholic may well ask: "How it is I cannot understand the story as told by these Protestant writers? Why does it not make sense?" ...
— Europe and the Faith - "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" • Hilaire Belloc

... usually, but I was nervous that night, and, perhaps, too deeply interested in the outcome to do myself justice. I could think of no word with a for one of its three letters which would make sense when added on to It is, Is it, I ...
— The Mayor's Wife • Anna Katharine Green



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