make sense

Idioms  

1. Be understandable. This usage, first recorded in 1686, is often used in a negative context, as in This explanation doesn't make sense .

2. 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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Example Sentences

“If it fits your lifestyle, it makes sense all day long just because of the rebates that are out there.”

From The Wall Street Journal

To the algorithm, or a numbers cruncher, the hopes that Paul could bring some of the “Mormon Wives” magic to “The Bachelorette” might make sense.

From Los Angeles Times

Essentially, the tool allows an enterprise to make sense of what would normally be spreadsheets and databases.

From Barron's

But a separation of Janus into a stand-alone entity also makes sense.

From Barron's

Then she became delirious, became "really sensitive to light", and stopped making sense, she said.

From BBC

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