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make sense

idiom
Meaning

To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.


Examples
SIMPLE

Your explanation makes sense to me.

CONTEXTUAL

The instructions were confusing at first, but they finally made sense after I read them twice.

COMPLEX

While the proposal seemed chaotic at first glance, the underlying logic began to make sense once the team clarified their long-term objectives.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    abound in one's own sense

    To follow one’s own inclinations and opinions.

  2. 02

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  3. 03

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  4. 04

    enough to make a cat laugh

    Very outlandish or outrageous.

  5. 05

    enough to make the angels weep

    Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

  6. 06

    fine feathers make fine birds

    Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.

  7. 07

    good sense

    Common sense; sensibleness.

  8. 08

    it takes all kinds to make a world

    Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.

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