Meanings
How to pronounce "make sense":
AU
Mid-Atlantic
To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.
Example: "The thing doesn’t make sense to me."
Example: "Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth."
To decipher or understand.
Example: "Can you make sense of her handwriting?"
Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.
Example: "Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore."
To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed.
Example: "If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts."
Example Sentences
1
The instructions she gave me didn't make sense.
2
Your explanation of the math problem still doesn't make sense to me.
3
After studying the evidence, it started to make sense to the detective.
4
The story he told about the missing money just doesn't make sense.
5
The puzzle was difficult, but eventually, all the pieces started to make sense.
