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sentiences

sentiences is the plural of sentience.

Meaning of sentience

Noun

sentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
    • For a while I sat quiet, my heart beating. The place was grimly dark. The only light was a faint one from the top of the lamp which threw a white circle on the high ceiling, except the emerald sheen of the shade as the light took its under edges. Even the light only seemed to emphasize the...1903, Bram Stoker, chapter 5, in The Jewel of Seven Stars

Questions about sentiences

What is sentiences the plural of?
Sentiences is the plural of sentience.

Words near sentiences in the dictionary

  1. senti
  2. sentic
  3. senticous
  4. sentics
  5. sentience
  6. sentiences
  7. sentiencies
  8. sentiency
  9. sentienda
  10. sentiendum
  11. sentient

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