Meanings
sensing1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sense
plural sensings
- The act of sensation.
Second, the list of kinds of sensings that Socrates gave was thought to be an odd one. It included pleasures, pains, desires, and fears, as well as the more familiar examples of sight, hearing, smell, and the sensings of cold and of heat.
1987, Brian Patrick Hendley, Plato, Time, and Education
Sensing2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe perception that something has occurred or some state exists
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Altered form of Saintsing.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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