English dictionary
sensation
nounPronunciation
sɛnˈseɪʃən
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Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
noun
- an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
noun
- a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
noun
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
noun
- a state of widespread public excitement and interest
Example sentences
in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
a sensation of touch
anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear
the news caused a sensation