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Definitions

make sense

VERB
click
Synonyms
STRONGEST
get on
STRONG
go match succeed
WEAK
be compatible be on same wavelength become clear come off feel a rapport go off well go over hit it off make a hit meet with approval pan out prove out take to each other
VERB
cohere
Synonyms
STRONG
accord check comport conform correspond dovetail go harmonize hold relate square
WEAK
be connected be consistent check out fit in hang together hold water
Antonyms
STRONG
differ disagree fight mismatch refuse stop
WEAK
dispute divide fall off not conform separate

Example Sentences

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Can psychoanalysis make sense of our most insidious urges?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Now more than ever, we need books such as “In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” to help us make sense of, and right, our upside-down world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

This is one of the few scenarios where taxable withdrawals could make sense, but it relies on actually having a low-tax window.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Project Maven is the Pentagon's flagship artificial intelligence program, launched in 2017 as a narrow experiment to help military analysts make sense of the torrent of drone footage pouring in from conflict zones.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

His eyes tried to make sense of what was happening, because it didn’t seem logical, but it was happening—Ridge was slipping in and out of focus.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly