making sense
Achieving logical coherence
Making sense describes something that is understandable, logical, or coherent.
When an explanation makes sense, it can be followed and believed: Her reasoning finally makes sense to me.
The phrase often appears in questions checking comprehension: Am I making sense?
To make sense of something is to find meaning or order in it: I'm still trying to make sense of what happened.
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- clarityState of being understandable
- lightbulbElectric illumination source
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- code-breaking verbsdecrypting, deciphering, cracking, unscrambling, solving