make sense
idiom
1
: to have a clear meaning : to be easy to understand
We read the recommendations and thought they made (perfect) sense.
The instructions don't make any sense (at all).
The instructions make no sense (at all).
You're not making much sense (to me).
2
: to be reasonable
It makes sense to leave early to avoid traffic.
It makes little/no sense to continue.
Why would he do such an awful thing? It makes no sense (to me).
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But what doesn’t make sense is Teresa’s gradual unraveling during their honeymoon, considering their trip isn’t even immediately after their wedding.
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Those are the deals that make sense for the Panthers at this stage of their quest to contend.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
If the objective is to make getting benefits as frustrating as possible, staffing reductions make sense, said Eric Kingson, a professor emeritus of social work at Syracuse University.
—Kirby Wilson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
In a quiet Northland neighborhood just outside Riverside, where elderly men and women have retired and young families raise children, people are trying to make sense of an abduction and deadly shooting.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2025
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Those are the deals that make sense for the Panthers at this stage of their quest to contend.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
If the objective is to make getting benefits as frustrating as possible, staffing reductions make sense, said Eric Kingson, a professor emeritus of social work at Syracuse University.
—Kirby Wilson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
In a quiet Northland neighborhood just outside Riverside, where elderly men and women have retired and young families raise children, people are trying to make sense of an abduction and deadly shooting.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make sense
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“Make sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20sense. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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