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made sense

made sense is the simple past and past participle of make sense.

Meaning of make sense

Verb

make sense (third-person singular simple present makes sense, present participle making sense, simple past and past participle made sense)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.
    • The thing doesn’t make sense to me.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, with-of) To decipher or understand.
    • Can you make sense of her handwriting?
  3. (informal) Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.
    • Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.
  4. (slang, generally negated) To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed.
    • If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.
    Antonyms:
    ridiculous, absurd

Questions about made sense

What is made sense the simple past and past participle of?
Made sense is the simple past and past participle of make sense.

Words near made sense in the dictionary

  1. made pigs and whistles of something
  2. made pretend
  3. made quick work of
  4. made right
  5. made room
  6. made sense
  7. made shift
  8. made shit of
  9. made shit shake
  10. made short work of
  11. made some noise

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