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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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It’ll make sense to fans of your podcast You Be Trippin’ that ‘The End’ is produced by YMH Studios, but how did this series even end up happening?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Americans are looking to make sense of it all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

All the advancements of art and science—electricity, the internal combustion engine, the theory of relativity, cubism—had to be explained, and even then they often didn’t make sense.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day