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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To make sense of this, I turned to Minxin Pei, editor of the China Leadership Monitor quarterly and the author of “The Broken China Dream.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

To make sense of this, we could construct a five-dimensional framework, using three spatial dimensions and two time dimensions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Would it make sense to stay another year while continuing to research the situation?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The timeline doesn’t make sense, no matter how many times I turn it over in my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

make sense

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