make sense

phrase

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: 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).

Examples of make sense in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When a full-body scan might make sense The calculation changes for people with symptoms or specific high-risk factors, such as a strong family history of certain cancers. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

If today’s trade rules disappeared, would our current plan still make sense? — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Somehow all of those things make sense to me in the same world. — Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Below are a few tools that the staff at CNBC Select use to make sense of our money. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for make sense

• antisense
• commonsense
• effulgence
• frankincense
• ninepence
• nondefense
• recommence
• recompence
• recompense
• cense
• dense
• fence