sense

Naija

Alternative forms

• sens

Etymology

From: English sense

Pronunciation

• sɛns

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 31
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 338
• Frequency in raw corpus: 878
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 399

Noun

Na correct know know wey person fit get

• Pray for sense to choose the correct thing.  — (jw__30322, Pray for wisdom to do the right thing.)
• You know some of dem get one kind sense.  — (JOS_10_Mothers-Against-Mini-Skirts_DG__38, You know some of them are crafty.)
• We respect di sense him get and we no go fit run tins wey go abuse wetin im bin dey do.  — (bbc__1022, We have regard for his good judgement and cannot do anything that would bring into disrepute what he has already done.)

Related forms

• beta sense, make sense, common sense

Antonyms

• nonsense

Translations

• English: sense