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  Sensible \Sen"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus
     sense.]
     1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible
        through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the
        mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or
        understanding; ?????? heat; sensible resistance.
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              Air is sensible to the touch by its motion.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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              The disgrace was more sensible than the pain. --Sir
                                                    W. Temple.
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              Any very sensible effect upon the prices of things.
                                                    --A. Smith.
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     2. Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external
        objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of
        the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or
        mentally; impressible.
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              Would your cambric were sensible as your finger.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected;
        having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also,
        readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as,
        a sensible thermometer. ``With affection wondrous
        sensible.'' --Shak.
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     4. Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or
        the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be
        convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
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              He [man] can not think at any time, waking or
              sleeping, without being sensible of it. --Locke.
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              They are now sensible it would have been better to
              comply than to refuse.                --Addison.
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     5. Having moral perception; capable of being affected by
        moral good or evil.
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     6. Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or
        characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.
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              Now a sensible man, by and by a fool. --Shak.
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     Sensible note or Sensible tone (Mus.), the major seventh
        note of any scale; -- so called because, being but a half
        step below the octave, or key tone, and naturally leading
        up to that, it makes the ear sensible of its approaching
        sound. Called also the leading tone.
  
     Sensible horizon. See Horizon, n., 2.
        (a) .
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     Syn: Intelligent; wise.
  
     Usage: Sensible, Intelligent. We call a man sensible
            whose judgments and conduct are marked and governed by
            sound judgment or good common semse. We call one
            intelligent who is quick and clear in his
            understanding, i. e., who discriminates readily and
            nicely in respect to difficult and important
            distinction. The sphere of the sensible man lies in
            matters of practical concern; of the intelligent man,
            in subjects of intellectual interest. ``I have been
            tired with accounts from sensible men, furnished with
            matters of fact which have happened within their own
            knowledge.'' --Addison. ``Trace out numerous footsteps
            . . . of a most wise and intelligent architect
            throughout all this stupendous fabric.'' --Woodward.
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  Sensible \Sen"si*ble\, n.
     1. Sensation; sensibility. [R.] ''Our temper changed . . .
        which must needs remove the sensible of pain.'' --Milton.
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     2. That which impresses itself on the sense; anything
        perceptible.
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              Aristotle distinguished sensibles into common and
              proper.                               --Krauth-Fleming.
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     3. That which has sensibility; a sensitive being. [R.]
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              This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but
              even to vegetals and sensibles.       --Burton.
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  Sensible \Sen"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. sensibilis, fr. sensus
     sense.]
     1. Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible
        through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the
        mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or
        understanding; ?????? heat; sensible resistance.
  
              Air is sensible to the touch by its motion.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
  
              The disgrace was more sensible than the pain. --Sir
                                                    W. Temple.
  
              Any very sensible effect upon the prices of things.
                                                    --A. Smith.
  
     2. Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external
        objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of
        the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or
        mentally; impressible.
  
              Would your cambric were sensible as your finger.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected;
        having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also,
        readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as,
        a sensible thermometer. ``With affection wondrous
        sensible.'' --Shak.
  
     4. Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or
        the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be
        convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
  
              He [man] can not think at any time, waking or
              sleeping, without being sensible of it. --Locke.
  
              They are now sensible it would have been better to
              comply than to refuse.                --Addison.
  
     5. Having moral perception; capable of being affected by
        moral good or evil.
  
     6. Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or
        characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.
  
              Now a sensible man, by and by a fool. --Shak.
  
     Sensible note or tone (Mus.), the major seventh note of
        any scale; -- so called because, being but a half step
        below the octave, or key tone, and naturally leading up to
        that, it makes the ear sensible of its approaching sound.
        Called also the leading tone.
  
     Sensible horizon. See Horizon, n., 2.
        (a) .
  
     Syn: Intelligent; wise.
  
     Usage: Sensible, Intelligent. We call a man sensible
            whose judgments and conduct are marked and governed by
            sound judgment or good common semse. We call one
            intelligent who is quick and clear in his
            understanding, i. e., who discriminates readily and
            nicely in respect to difficult and important
            distinction. The sphere of the sensible man lies in
            matters of practical concern; of the intelligent man,
            in subjects of intellectual interest. ``I have been
            tired with accounts from sensible men, furnished with
            matters of fact which have happened within their own
            knowledge.'' --Addison. ``Trace out numerous footsteps
            . . . of a most wise and intelligent architect
            throughout all this stupendous fabric.'' --Woodward.

  Sensible \Sen"si*ble\, n.
     1. Sensation; sensibility. [R.] ''Our temper changed . . .
        which must needs remove the sensible of pain.'' --Milton.
  
     2. That which impresses itself on the sense; anything
        perceptible.
  
              Aristotle distinguished sensibles into common and
              proper.                               --Krauth-Fleming.
  
     3. That which has sensibility; a sensitive being. [R.]
  
              This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but
              even to vegetals and sensibles.       --Burton.

  sensible
       adj 1: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a
              sensible person" [syn: reasonable] [ant: unreasonable]
       2: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible
          creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a),
          shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or
          wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the
          enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrouding
          mists") arts of the skin" [syn: sensitive] [ant: insensible]
       3: acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible
          young man" [syn: thoughtful]
       4: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in
          practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a
          sensible manager"; "a wise decision" [syn: judicious, wise]
       5: readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a
          sensible odor"
       6: aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed;
          "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the
          mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry
          Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be
          done"- Edmund Burke
       7: proceeding from good sense or judgment; "a sensible choice"
          [syn: judicious]

  sensible
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 ευαίσθητος
     2 αισθητός
     3 αισθαντικός
     4 ευπαθής

  sensible
     Catalan a.
     1 sentient
     2 sensitive
     French a.
     sensitive
     French n.
     (lb fr music) leading tone
     Spanish a.
     1 sensitive
     2 sentient
     3 responsive

  sensible
     a.
     act with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on
  reason, or reflecting such ability.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) sensation; sensibility.
     2 (lb en obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses;
  anything perceptible.
     3 (lb en obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

  sensible
     Catalan a.
     1 sentient
     2 sensitive
     French a.
     sensitive
     French n.
     (lb fr music) leading tone
     Spanish a.
     1 sensitive
     2 sentient
     3 responsive

  sensible
     Catalan a.
     1 sentient
     2 sensitive
     French a.
     sensitive
     French n.
     (lb fr music) leading tone
     Spanish a.
     1 sensitive
     2 sentient
     3 responsive

  sensible
     Espanja a.
     1 aistein havaittava
     2 tunteva (kosketusta tai tunteita)
     3 herkkä, altis
     4 surullinen, murheellinen
     Ranska a.
     1 herkkä
     2 tunteva
     3 merkittävä

  sensible
     Engelska a.
     förståndig; klok, förnuftig
     Spanska a.
     1 känslig, ömtålig
     2 kännbar; märkbar, förnimbar

  sensible
     a.
     (böjning sv adj sensibel)

  Sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  عاقل

  sensible //ˈsɛn.sə.bəl// //ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl// /[ˈsɛn.sə.bl̩]/ /[ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩]/ 
  1. чувствителен
  able to feel or perceive
  2. благоразумен
  acting with or showing good judgement
  3. забележим
  easily perceived, appreciable
  4. осезаем
  perceptible by the mind

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  citlivý

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  citelný

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  synhwyrol 

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  empfindbar  [phil.]

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
   [obs.] merklich, merkbar, bemerkbar, spürbar, sichtbar, erkennbar 
     Synonyms: noticeable, visible, perceptible, appreciable, identifiable
  

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  vernünftig, mit ein wenig Verstand 
           Note: nachgestellt
           Note: Person
        "A number of normally sensible people have supported this proposition."  - Viele sonst ganz vernünftige Leute haben dieses Vorhaben unterstützt.
     Synonym: reasonable
  
   see: be reasonable
  
           Note: of a person

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  vernünftig, sinnvoll, gescheit 
        "He seems quite sensible."  - Er scheint ja ganz vernünftig zu sein.
        "He seems like a sensible sort of person."  - Er scheint ja ganz vernünftig zu sein.
        "It wasn't very sensible to do it on your own."  - Es war nicht sehr gescheit, es alleine zu machen.
        "It isn't sensible to spend so much."  - Es ist nicht sinnvoll, so viel auszugeben.
        "The sensible thing would be to postpone the meeting."  - Das Vernünftigste wäre, die Besprechung zu verschieben.
        "Taking a taxi seemed like the sensible thing to do."  - Ein Taxi zu nehmen, schien das Vernünftigste zu sein.
        "be sensible enough to do sth."  - vernünftigerweise etw. tun
        "He was sensible enough to take a break every two hours of driving."  - Er machte vernünftigerweise beim Fahren alle zwei Stunden eine Pause.

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  
  λογικός

  sensible //ˈsɛn.sə.bəl// //ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl// /[ˈsɛn.sə.bl̩]/ /[ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩]/ 
  1. järkevä, järjellinen
  acting with or showing good judgement
  2. tietoinen
  aware of something
  3. käytännöllinen
  characterized more by usefulness than by fashionableness
  4. ymmärrettävä
  easily perceived, appreciable

  sensible /sensəbl/
  prudent, raisonnable, sage

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/ 
  1. समझदार
        "It is sensible of you to take nutritious diet."
  2. काफी, पर्याप्त
        "You must wear a sensible cap."

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  opipljiv, osjetan, osjetljiv, pametan, razborit, razuman, svjestan

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. észlelhetô
  2. érezhetô
  3. praktikus
  4. józan
  5. érzékeny
  6. ésszerû
  7. értelmes
  8. érzékelhetô

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  sensato

  sensible /sensəbl/
  verstandig

  sensible /ˈsensɪbəl/ 
    rozsądny

  sensible /sensəbl/
  judicioso, prudente, sensato

  sensible //ˈsɛn.sə.bəl// //ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl// /[ˈsɛn.sə.bl̩]/ /[ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩]/ 
  förnuftig
  acting with or showing good judgement

  sensible /sˈɛnsɪbəl/
  1. makul, akla uygun
  2. hissedilir, sezilir, farkına varılır
  3. hisseden
  4. hassas, duygulu, etkilenebilir, ince sezişli
  5. anlayıslı, akıllı. sensibleness  makul oluş . sensibly  .makul bir şekilde, hissedilir şekilde.

  sensible /sɑ̃sˈibl/
  kizidik, blizik, gwiridik, santidik

   (à la lumière) sensible /sɑ̃sˈibl/
  luc'hwridik

   (musiq.) sensible /sɑ̃sˈibl/
  derez-bresk (derezioù-bresk /dəʁzjˈu(en)bɹˈɛsk(fr)/)

   (sens biologique) sensible /sɑ̃sˈibl/
  haezel

   (point s.) sensible /sɑ̃sˈibl/
  gwiridig

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  обидчив 2.
  (Métrologie) Qui marque les plus légères différences, les plus légères variations
   3.
  (Sens figuré) En parlant des impressions morales
   4.
  Qui a la faculté de recevoir les impressions physiques
   5.
  Qui se fait sentir, qui se fait remarquer aisément

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  ευαίσθητος
  (Sens figuré) En parlant des impressions morales

  sensible /sɑ̃sibl/ 
  1. accessible, impressible, sensitive
  2. charitable, merciful

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  sensibile 2.
  Qui a la faculté de recevoir les impressions physiques
   3.
  (Sens figuré) En parlant des impressions morales
   4.
  Qui est aisément ému, touché, attendri
   5.
  Qui se fait sentir, qui fait impression sur les sens

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  jautrus
  Qui est aisément ému, touché, attendri

  sensible /sãsibl/
  1. gevoelig, ontvankelijk, receptief
  2. barmhartig, goedertieren
  3. merkbaar, bemerkbaar
  4. voelbaar

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  sensível
  Qui est aisément ému, touché, attendri

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  чувствительный 2.
  Qui est aisément ému, touché, attendri
   3.
  (Sens figuré) En parlant des impressions morales
   4.
  Qui a la faculté de recevoir les impressions physiques

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  sensible 2.
  (Sens figuré) En parlant des impressions morales
   3.
  Qui a la faculté de recevoir les impressions physiques
   4.
  Qui est aisément ému, touché, attendri

  sensible /sɑ̃.sibl/ 
  1. känslig 2.
  (Métrologie) Qui marque les plus légères différences, les plus légères variations
   3.
  Qui a la faculté de recevoir les impressions physiques
  2. blödig
  Qui est aisément ému, touché, attendri
  3. sinne-, sinnlig
  Qui se fait sentir, qui fait impression sur les sens
  4. märkbar, tydlig
  Qui se fait sentir, qui se fait remarquer aisément

  sensible
  sensible

  sensible
  sensible

  sensible
  sensible

  sensible /sensˈiβle/
  sensible

  sensible /sensˈiβle/
  sensible

  sensible /sensˈiβle/
  sensitive

  
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  210 Moby Thesaurus words for "sensible":
     acknowledging, acquainted with, admissible, alive to, all there,
     all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, appreciable, appreciative,
     appreciative of, apprehending, apprehensible, apprehensive,
     apprised of, ascertainable, awake to, aware, aware of, balanced,
     behind the curtain, behind the scenes, beholden, bright, budget,
     cheap, clearheaded, clearminded, cogent, cognizable, cognizant,
     cognizant of, commonsense, compos mentis, comprehending,
     conceptive, conceptual, concrete, conscious, conscious of,
     considerable, cool, coolheaded, corporeal, credible, crediting,
     delicate, detectable, discernible, discreet, discursive,
     down-to-earth, earthy, easy, economic, economy, emotionable,
     evident, feeling, frugal, good, grateful, gross, hardheaded,
     healthy-minded, hep to, ideational, impressible, impressionable,
     impressive, in the know, in the secret, indebted to, inexpensive,
     informed of, insightful, intellectual, intelligent, judicious,
     just, justifiable, knowing, knowledgeable, legitimate, let into,
     levelheaded, live, logical, low, low-priced, lucid, manageable,
     manifest, material, matter-of-fact, mentally sound, mindful,
     mindful of, moderate, modest, much obliged, no stranger to, noetic,
     nominal, normal, not so dumb, noticeable, objective, obliged,
     observable, obvious, of sound mind, omniscient, on to, palpable,
     passible, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perceptive, percipient,
     perspicacious, phenomenal, philosophical, physical, plausible,
     ponderable, positivistic, practical, practical-minded, pragmatic,
     prehensile, privy to, prudent, rational, real, realist, realistic,
     reasonable, reasoned, receptive, recognizable, respectable,
     responsive, right, sagacious, sage, sane, sane-minded, scientific,
     scientistic, secular, seeable, seized of, sensational, sensible of,
     sensible to, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to, sentient, shabby,
     shoddy, shrewd, significant, sober, sober-minded, soft,
     softhearted, solid, sophic, sound, sound-minded, sound-thinking,
     straight-thinking, streetwise, strong-minded, substantial,
     substantive, susceptible, susceptive, sympathetic, tangible,
     tender, tenderhearted, thankful, together, token, undeceived,
     under obligation, understanding, unexpensive, unideal,
     unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, visible, warmhearted,
     weighable, well-argued, well-balanced, well-founded, well-grounded,
     well-thought-out, wholesome, wise, wise to, within means, worldly,
     worth the money
  
  

  a. 有感觉的,有判断力的,明智的;

     a. 可察觉的,明白的,感觉的,伤感的,通情达理的