Definition of sense

• a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"
• the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified"
• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"