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sentient

adjective

Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
S
Ends with
T
Contains
EN
Scrabble score
8
CEFR level
C1

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Pronunciation

ˈsɛn.ti.ənt

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adjective

  1. Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

    “{'source': 'T.E.Lawrence', 'text': "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"}”

adjective

  1. Consciously perceiving

    “Sentient of the intolerable load”

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Example Sentences

{'source': 'T.E.Lawrence', 'text': "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"}
Sentient of the intolerable load
{'source': 'W.A.White', 'text': 'a boy so sentient of his surroundings'}

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