Complete Definition of "make sense"

English

Verb
en-verb|inf=make sense|makes sense|making sense|made sense

  1. context|intransitive|idiom To be coherent or reasonable.

#: The thing doesn�t make sense to me.
#: Somehow the combination didn�t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.

  1. context|intransitive|idiom|with of To decipher or understand.

#: Can you make sense of her handwriting?

Synonyms
italbrac|decipher make head or tail of

Translations
trans-top|be coherent
Dutch: t+|nl|kloppen, t-|nl|zinvol zijn, t|nl|betekenisvol zijn
trans-mid
Swedish: vara begriplig
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trans-top|decipher, understand
Dutch: t-|nl|ontcijferen, {[t|nl|verstaan}}
Japanese: ���� (������, nattoku suru)
trans-mid
Swedish: begripa, förstå
trans-bottom

fi:make sense

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