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Definition of Make sense
1. Verb. Be reasonable or logical or comprehensible.
Definition of Make sense
1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To be coherent or reasonable. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic with ''of'') To decipher or understand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Sense
Literary usage of Make sense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Writing Sense: Integrated Reading and Writing Lessons for English Language by Juli Kendall, Outey Khuon (2006)
"Give Information Explain to students that one of the ways writers make sure their
texts make sense for their intended audience is to wait several days or ..."
2. Growing Readers: Units Of Study In The Primary Classroom by Kathy Collins (2004)
"Always make sure that one of the strategies you demonstrate is meaning-based, so
they ask, Does that make sense? •JJ Readers always think about what makes ..."
3. More Than Guided Reading: Finding the Right Instructional Mix, K-3 by Cathy Mere (2005)
"You have learned so much about letters and words that sometimes you forget to
think about what would make sense. Our reading always has to make sense. ..."
4. Guided Reading Basics: Organizing, Managing and Implementing a Balanced by Lori Jamison Rog (2003)
"Since many early readers have a tendency to fixate on phonics, we need to remind
them that the whole purpose of reading is to make sense of print. ..."
5. Introductory Language Work: A Simple, Varied, and Pleasing, But Methodical by Alonzo Reed (1904)
"Find in the second sentence two words that will make sense by themselves.
These are the chief words,* the others are helpers. ..."
6. English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute by Barrett Wendell (1918)
"We was there, for example, does not make sense; the word we means that there ...
So " that girl is putting on its gloves " does not make sense ; all girls ..."
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