make sense

/mˌeɪk sˈɛns/

[phrase]

to make sense

[PHRASE]

to be understandable, reasonable, or logical

synonyms : add up

make sense (out) of sth

/mˌeɪk sˈɛns ˈaʊt ɒv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

/mˌeɪk sˈɛns ˈaʊt ʌv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

[phrase]

to make sense (out) of sth

[PHRASE]

to manage to understand something that is very unusual or difficult

Examples

1. Something is not making sense here.

2. It is the brain's attempt to make sense of conflicting information.

3. The Iowa experiment implies that our brain uses two very different strategies to make sense of the situation.

4. But there are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.