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make sense

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1. make sense - Verb

2. make sense - Phrase

Meaning

be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

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The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense. Tom Clancy

It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. Steve Jobs

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness. John Cheever

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. Neil deGrasse Tyson

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. James Thurber

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. Piers Anthony

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