Sensible
adjective
Able to make good decisions based on logic or reason.
She made a sensible decision to save her money instead of spending it all.
Often appears as...
- make a sensible decision
- sensible choice
adjective
Practical and showing common sense.
She wore sensible shoes for the long hike.
Often appears as...
- sensible shoes
- sensible eating habits
adjective
Perceptible by the senses or through immediate experience.
The changes in the climate are sensible in this region of the country.
Often appears as...
- sensible differences
- sensible results
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Formal
Academic
adjective
In science, related to or of the nature of physical sensation.
In this study, we consider sensible heat and latent heat.
Often appears as...
- sensible heat
- sensible cooling
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Technical
adjective
Able to make good decisions based on logic or reason.
She made a sensible decision to save her money instead of spending it all.
Often appears as...
- make a sensible decision
- sensible choice
adjective
Practical and showing common sense.
She wore sensible shoes for the long hike.
Often appears as...
- sensible shoes
- sensible eating habits
adjective
Perceptible by the senses or through immediate experience.
The changes in the climate are sensible in this region of the country.
Often appears as...
- sensible differences
- sensible results
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
In science, related to or of the nature of physical sensation.
In this study, we consider sensible heat and latent heat.
Often appears as...
- sensible heat
- sensible cooling
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Decision-making
Use it when describing actions that show clear thinking and sound judgment.
He's known for taking sensible measures in critical situations.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
Carries a positive meaning, suggesting intelligence and thoughtfulness.
Her sensible advice helped us avoid a disaster.
Pro Tip 1/2Decision-making
Use it when describing actions that show clear thinking and sound judgment.
He's known for taking sensible measures in critical situations.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
Carries a positive meaning, suggesting intelligence and thoughtfulness.
Her sensible advice helped us avoid a disaster.
Pro Tip 1/2Decision-making
Use it when describing actions that show clear thinking and sound judgment.
He's known for taking sensible measures in critical situations.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
Carries a positive meaning, suggesting intelligence and thoughtfulness.
Her sensible advice helped us avoid a disaster.
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
The only country in the world. I represent people on death row. It's interesting, this question of the death penalty. In many ways, we've been taught to think that the real question Do people deserve to die for the crimes they've committed? And that's a very sensible question. But there's another way of thinking about where we are in our identity.
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Which country does the...
by definition didn't kill us, and therefore as long as we carry on doing them, we'll be okay, and it's very sensible not to do anything new, because it might kill you. But of course, there are exceptions to that. Otherwise, we'd never get anywhere. And one of the exceptions, the interesting exception, is when you can show to people
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How to manage your time...
is time you aren't spending doing it. For instance, let's say when you check your inbox, you scan all the messages, choosing which is the most important. Once you've dealt with that one, you repeat. Seems sensible, but there's a problem here. This is what's known as a quadratic-time algorithm.
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Three ideas. Three...
I don't have a photographic memory, and nor is my head a static gallery of sensibly collected think pieces. It's more that I've got this ever-evolving language of hieroglyphics that I've developed and can understand fluently and think deeply with. but I struggle to translate.
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The brilliance of...
that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea. When it feels threatened, it spews a cloud of glowing goo from its mouth. Who doesn't run the other way
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What coronavirus means...
and thinking in advanced way, that is the advancement of our time. And so you're seeing that. So when you think algorithmic, you know, you've got to break it down as to what it is. Is it sensible cause-effect relationships that are being dealt with?
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Elk Conservation in...
things I mean think about fences and roadways and habitat conservation and sensible development not we're never going to develop anything but just we need to use landscapes like this wisely and carefully and work in sort of common
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The reality constructed...
placing was sensible but at the time that you're opening a newspaper and seeing yourself starving at the time when everybody is telling you you are the worst aids country in the world of a second worse and then your politics is
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We the People, and the...
Yours is the most important issue, but mine is the first issue, the issue we have to solve before we get to fix the issues you care about. No sensible reform, and we cannot afford
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A Collection Of Summer...
desert survival requires sensible footwear
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
The only country in the world. I represent people on death row. It's interesting, this question of the death penalty. In many ways, we've been taught to think that the real question Do people deserve to die for the crimes they've committed? And that's a very sensible question. But there's another way of thinking about where we are in our identity.
Video examples
Which country does the...
by definition didn't kill us, and therefore as long as we carry on doing them, we'll be okay, and it's very sensible not to do anything new, because it might kill you. But of course, there are exceptions to that. Otherwise, we'd never get anywhere. And one of the exceptions, the interesting exception, is when you can show to people
Video examples
How to manage your time...
is time you aren't spending doing it. For instance, let's say when you check your inbox, you scan all the messages, choosing which is the most important. Once you've dealt with that one, you repeat. Seems sensible, but there's a problem here. This is what's known as a quadratic-time algorithm.
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
I don't have a photographic memory, and nor is my head a static gallery of sensibly collected think pieces. It's more that I've got this ever-evolving language of hieroglyphics that I've developed and can understand fluently and think deeply with. but I struggle to translate.
Video examples
The brilliance of...
that looks like an airport runway? Neither would any sensible predator. The flashing lights keep the worm safe. Then there's the deep sea shrimp, Acantherphyra purpurea. When it feels threatened, it spews a cloud of glowing goo from its mouth. Who doesn't run the other way
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
and thinking in advanced way, that is the advancement of our time. And so you're seeing that. So when you think algorithmic, you know, you've got to break it down as to what it is. Is it sensible cause-effect relationships that are being dealt with?
Video examples
Elk Conservation in...
things I mean think about fences and roadways and habitat conservation and sensible development not we're never going to develop anything but just we need to use landscapes like this wisely and carefully and work in sort of common
Video examples
The reality constructed...
placing was sensible but at the time that you're opening a newspaper and seeing yourself starving at the time when everybody is telling you you are the worst aids country in the world of a second worse and then your politics is
Video examples
We the People, and the...
Yours is the most important issue, but mine is the first issue, the issue we have to solve before we get to fix the issues you care about. No sensible reform, and we cannot afford
Video examples
A Collection Of Summer...
desert survival requires sensible footwear
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room.
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Frances O'Grady
British Activist
My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.
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Henry Grunwald
Austrian Editor
See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
Making sensible family rules around cell phones and driving is a way to love yourself, your marriage, your children, and the world well.
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Isaac Asimov
American Scientist
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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Nora Fatehi
Canadian Dancer
Raftaar is a sensible musician and respects women, music, and his fans!
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Stephen Mangan
English Actor
Theatre's a much less faddish, more sensible world than TV or film.
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous.
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A. A. Milne
English Author
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room.
Quote examples
Frances O'Grady
British Activist
My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.
Quote examples
Henry Grunwald
Austrian Editor
See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.
Quote examples
Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
Making sensible family rules around cell phones and driving is a way to love yourself, your marriage, your children, and the world well.
Quote examples
Isaac Asimov
American Scientist
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Quote examples
Nora Fatehi
Canadian Dancer
Raftaar is a sensible musician and respects women, music, and his fans!
Quote examples
Stephen Mangan
English Actor
Theatre's a much less faddish, more sensible world than TV or film.
Quote examples
Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.
Quote examples
John Malkovich
American Actor
I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous.
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A. A. Milne
English Author
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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