phrasal verb · neutral
make sense
/meɪk ˈsɛns/MAKE·SENSE
speakingtask2
to be logical or easy to understand
Examples
“The explanation in the reading passage finally made sense when I looked at the chart.”
“Does that make sense to you?”
“His argument makes sense only if you accept the initial assumption.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the conclusion sounded initially far‑fetched, it made sense once all the evidence was considered.”
Collocations
- make sense to sb
- does that make sense?
- begin to make sense
Word family
makes sense verb (3rd sing.)made sense verb (past)making sense gerund
Common mistakes
It doesn't sense.→It doesn't make sense.
This explanation make sense me.→This explanation makes sense to me.
Say it for a higher band
5be logical→6be clear→7+make sense
Synonyms
be logical
be clear
Easily confused
make sense of
“I couldn't make sense of his behaviour after the meeting.”
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