make sense

/meɪk sɛns/
/meɪk sɛns/
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Other forms: makes sense; made sense; making sense

Definitions of make sense
  1. verb
    be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
    synonyms: add up
    see moresee less
    type of:
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Pronunciation
US
/meɪk sɛns/
UK
/meɪk sɛns/
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