Definition of "make sense" in Anglais

Verb

1. To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.

   • The thing doesn’t make sense to me.
   • Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.

2. To decipher or understand.

   • Can you make sense of her handwriting?

3. Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.

   • Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.

4. To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed.

   • If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.