make-sense
Chunk: make sense
Meaning & Usage
Make sense is used to describe something that is logical, easy to understand, or practical. It is frequently used in the negative to express confusion (it doesn't make sense) or modified with adjectives to show degree (it makes perfect sense).
🧲 Common Collocates
- Degrees of Logic: make perfect sense, make complete sense, make absolutely no sense.
- Common Structures: doesn't make any sense, make sense of (something), it makes sense to (do something).
💬 Contextual Examples
- The instructions on this manual don't make any sense to me.
- It makes sense to leave early so we can avoid the rush hour traffic.
- After she explained her reasoning, her decision made perfect sense.
🎴 Interactive Web Practice
Practice 1: This math equation doesn't make any ______ to me.
Answer:
sense Practice 2: It makes ______ to buy the larger size because it is cheaper per ounce.
Answer:
sense Practice 3: Try to explain it again; that didn't ______ much sense.
Answer:
make