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Common sense has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

sound practical judgment

"Common sense is not so common"

"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"

"fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

2

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

Example Sentences
"Common sense is not so common" noun
"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" noun
"fortunately she had the good sense to run away" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sagacity
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
logic nous road sense
Rhyming Words
anse tense lense pense mense dense cense wanse minse rinse banse hanse manse danse chinse odense flense amanse intense alfonse
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