make sense

phrase

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).

Examples of make sense in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since then, Verity had been faking her vegetative state in order to … that part doesn’t entirely make sense, but the point is Lowen and Jeremy killed an innocent woman. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

The signing with the Chiefs would make sense for a myriad of reasons. — Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Of course, there are many people with physical limitations and there are many situations where only automobiles make sense. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026

The conceptual vocabulary of tribal psychology appears increasingly necessary to make sense of this. — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for make sense

• antisense
• commonsense
• effulgence
• frankincense
• ninepence
• nondefense
• recommence
• recompence
• recompense
• cense
• dense
• fence