Make sense

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Intransitive verb 1.2 See also 1.2.1 Translations

English

Intransitive verb

to make sense

1. ((idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To be coherent or reasonable.

   The thing doesn't make sense to me.

   Somehow the combination didn't make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.

2. ((idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To decipher or understand (with of).

   Can you make sense of her handwriting?

See also

• make head or tail of

Translations

be coherent

• Swedish: vara begriplig

decipher

• Swedish: begripa, förstÃ¥