make sense
idiom
1
: to have a clear meaning : to be easy to understand
We read the recommendations and thought they made (perfect) sense.
The instructions don't make any sense (at all).
The instructions make no sense (at all).
You're not making much sense (to me).
2
: to be reasonable
It makes sense to leave early to avoid traffic.
It makes little/no sense to continue.
Why would he do such an awful thing? It makes no sense (to me).
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Once embroiled in conflict, participants and spectators layer on more stories to make sense of their relationship to its violent cauldron.
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Outside linebacker Arden Key might make sense as a buy-low trade target.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
But to me, beyond even the content, is the fact that this does not make sense.
—Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
To make sense out of this tangle of connections and contingencies, many macroscopes employ computational models to reveal the key economic, medical, political, educational, or ecological relationships that are often invisible to all but the experts.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Outside linebacker Arden Key might make sense as a buy-low trade target.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
But to me, beyond even the content, is the fact that this does not make sense.
—Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
To make sense out of this tangle of connections and contingencies, many macroscopes employ computational models to reveal the key economic, medical, political, educational, or ecological relationships that are often invisible to all but the experts.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Make sense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20sense. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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