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Sensation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Sensation has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

"a sensation of touch"

2

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

"The young pianist was such a sensation that she sold out every concert hall across the country within weeks of her debut performance."

3

a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

"anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"

4

a state of widespread public excitement and interest

"the news caused a sensation"

5

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

6

A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.

"The sudden splash of cold water created a sharp sensation on her skin."

Example Sentences
"a sensation of touch" noun
"anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear" noun
"the news caused a sensation" noun
"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" noun
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
perception expert stir excitement faculty
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
threshold masking vision smell taste sound synesthesia track star modality sensitivity
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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