make sense | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)To besensible,coherent,reasonable.Synonym:add upThe thing doesn’tmake senseto me.Somehow the combination didn’tmake sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.1980,ABBA, “The Winner Takes It All”:I was in your armsThinking I belonged thereI figured itmade senseBuilding me a fence2002, Frou Frou, “Psychobabble”, inDetails‎[1]:Of course you're not coming over / Snap out of it / You're notmakinganysense2025February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, inRAIL, number1029, page41:Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this couldmakerealsenseon a route where the high capital cost of wiring orthird railall the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line?; (intransitive,idiomatic,withof)Todecipherorunderstand.Synonym:make head or tail ofCan youmake senseof her handwriting?; (informal)Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; towork, beoperative, or beadvantageousto.Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn'tmakingmuchsenseanymore.; (generally negated,bodybuildingslang)To be in therealmof theordinary, to be notparticularlydeveloped.Antonyms:ridiculous,absurd;see alsoThesaurus:strappingIf you want to grow spinal erectors thatdon’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.

Examples:

EN: Yet with the morning light Hutter set out to make sense of the horror of his nights. -
ES: Con la luz del día, Hutter decide averiguar el horror de sus noches.
EN: - This is madness, we can't make sense of it...
ES: - - Es de locos. No entiendo nada.
EN: ...His mouth may have spoken, but his words don't make sense.
ES: Su boca puede haber hablado, pero sus palabras no tienen sentido.
EN: - Because he's starting to make sense.
ES: - Porque está empezando a entrar en razón.
EN: It doesn't make sense.
ES: No tiene sentido.
ES: Es absurdo.
EN: Doesn't make sense. Absolutely crazy.
ES: Absolutamente loco.
EN: - Well, it don't make sense.
ES: - Bueno, no tiene sentido.
EN: What don't make sense?
ES: ¿Qué cosa no tiene sentido?
EN: Doesn't make sense.
ES: No tiene sentido.
EN: Larry, make sense.
ES: Larry, habla con sentido.
EN: - Why, that don't make sense.
ES: - No tiene sentido.
EN: Doesn't make sense,
ES: Eso no tiene mucho sentido.
EN: I see! Starting to make sense,
ES: ¡Bueno, esto ya empieza a tener sentido!
EN: Stand up, sailor. Maybe the Captain can make sense out of it.
ES: Levántese, el capitán querrá decirle algo.
EN: That doesn't make sense.
ES: No tiene sentido.

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