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make sense
Be understandable. This usage, first recorded in 1686, is often used in a negative context, as in This explanation doesn't make sense .
Be reasonable, wise, or practical, as in It makes sense to find out first how many will attend the conference . This term employs sense in the meaning of “what is reasonable,” a usage dating from 1600. In Britain it is also put as stand to sense .
Example Sentences
Not like any of the other excuses for Brand make sense.
It simply did not make sense that someone like "kind, funny and normal" council worker Joanne Sharkey could have committed a crime.
There could come a time - especially if you are chasing your rivals - where going without Salah makes sense in a few weeks, as Liverpool won't have a double gameweek this season.
If a wife has to be in the office that day, but her husband doesn't, it makes sense for him to fetch the kids from school or make dinner.
Shortly before the president's announcements, businessman Sir Tom Hunter told the BBC's Scotcast podcast that the push for tariffs didn't make sense to him and that it would "cause havoc".
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