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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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Because it does not make sense as a wealth-building exercise.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

There is very little about this race that seems to make sense.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

True, some aspects of a tie-up with Puig make sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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

That evening the Negroes in Hampton stayed in the cocoon of our segregated neighborhoods, gravitating to our churches to try to make sense of our collective tragedy.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson