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    HORSE SENSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Sound practical judgmentplay

    Example:

    fortunately she had the good sense to run away

    Synonyms:

    common sense; good sense; gumption; horse sense; mother wit; sense

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("horse sense" is a kind of...):

    discernment; judgement; judgment; sagaciousness; sagacity (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse sense"):

    logic (reasoned and reasonable judgment)

    nous (common sense)

    road sense (good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road)

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