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What does "make sense" mean?
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Be understandable. This usage, first recorded in 1686, is often used in a negative context, as in This explanation doesn't make sense.
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Be reasonable, wise, or practical, as in It makes sense to find out first how many will attend the conference. This term employs sense in the meaning of “what is reasonable,” a usage dating from 1600. In Britain it is also put as stand to sense.
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