| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sen·si·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s n s -bl |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Perceptible by the senses or by the mind. 2. Readily perceived; appreciable. 3. Having the faculty of sensation; able to feel or perceive. 4. Having a perception of something; cognizant: “I am sensible that a good deal more is still to be done” (Edmund Burke). See synonyms at aware. 5. Acting with or exhibiting good sense: a sensible person; a sensible choice. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin s nsibilis, from snsus, sense. See sense. | | OTHER FORMS: | sensi·ble·ness —NOUN
sensi·bly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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