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- Dictionarysixth sense/ˌsiksTH ˈsens/
noun
- 1. a supposed intuitive faculty giving awareness not explicable in terms of normal perception: "some sixth sense told him he was not alone"
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The meaning of SIXTH SENSE is a power of perception like but not one of the five senses : a keen intuitive power. How to use sixth sense in a sentence.
an ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste: My sixth sense told me something awful was going to happen. (Definition of sixth sense from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
an ability to know something without using the ordinary five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste: My sixth sense told me something awful was going to happen. (Definition of sixth sense from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Sixth sense definition: a power of perception beyond the five senses; intuition. See examples of SIXTH SENSE used in a sentence.
If you say that someone has a sixth sense, you mean that they seem to have a natural ability to know about things before other people, or to know things that other people do not know. The interesting thing about O'Reilly is his sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas. [ + for]
a special ability to know something without using any of the five senses that include sight, touch, etc. My sixth sense told me to stay here and wait. Often our intuition or sixth sense warns us of impending danger. Parents tend to develop a sixth sense that means they know when their children are really sick.
Definitions of sixth sense. noun. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively. synonyms: insight. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. sixth sense. the "sixth sense" family. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively.
