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sens

(SENS)

to feel or perceive

Latin for feeling — both physical sensation and the sense of having an opinion.

Spellings:senssent

Example words

  • sensitive

    quick to feel or notice things

  • consent

    to feel together — to agree

  • sentiment

    a thought or feeling about something

  • resent

    to feel bitterness back at someone

Words in our dictionary that use this root

Every dataset word containing sens, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.

  • sensitive

    quick to feel or notice things

  • consent

    to feel together — to agree

  • sentiment

    a thought or feeling about something

  • resent

    to feel bitterness back at someone

  • nonsense

    words or ideas that make no sense

Who it is for

Grades served: 6, 7

Level 2Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.

Senses & perception. Roots about hearing, seeing, feeling, and noticing.

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