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

“I think it’s the riskiest album in my career because I didn’t know how to put all these genres together and have it make sense,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

"This completely makes sense to anyone who owns a chihuahua," Lin said.

From Science Daily

And it makes sense that this tendency will be particularly present at the beginning of a make-or-break period for retailers’ full year results — and given how dependent the entire economy is on consumers’ spending habits.

From MarketWatch

Now you might expect: since a star is a sphere, like a ball, it only makes sense that the explosion is also shaped like a sphere, right?

From Space Scoop

The other eager AI users at the pharmaceutical company were R&D scientists, which makes sense: Throughout their careers, getting ahead has depended on rapidly adopting new technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal

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