Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "sense" in Russian

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смысл

Meaning: sense, meaning, point

Pronunciation: [smisl]

Part of speech: noun (masculine noun)

Rank: #438 (see frequency list)

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Example sentences:

Какóв смысл э́той фрáзы?
What's the meaning of this phrase?
Нет смы́сла спóрить с ним.
There's no point arguing with him.
Какóй смысл тудá идти́?
What's the point of going there?
Cлóво употребленó здесь в перенócном смы́сле.
The word is used in its figurative sense here.
Вы когдá-нибудь задумывались в чëм смысл жи́зни?
Have you ever wondered what the meaning of life is?
literal Have you sometimes pondered in what the meaning of life is?
Мы уезжáем за грани́цу. В смы́сле?
We're emigrating. What do you mean?
Cáша - прекрácный человéк во всех смы́слах.
Sasha is an excellent person in all senses.
У тебя́ нет здрáвого смы́сла.
You have no сommon sense.
Весь смысл в том, чтóбы не дать им вы́играть.
The whole sense is to prevent them from winning.
В том смы́сле, что зáвтра он не придëт.
That means that he won't come tomorrow.
literal In the sense that he won't come tomorrow.

Idioms and set expressions:

в смы́сле = in terms of
literal in the sense
в смы́сле? = what do you mean?
в нéкотором смы́сле = in some respect
literal in some sense
в том смы́сле, что = in the sense that
в пóлном смы́сле э́того слóва = in the full sense of the word
в э́том смы́сле = in this sense
здрáвый смысл = common sense
иметь смысл = make sense
не иметь смы́сла = make no sense
смысл жи́зни = purporse of life
прямóй смысл = literal meaning
перенócный смысл = figurative meaning
весь смысл в том, что = the whole point is that
в э́том нет смы́сла = there's no sense in it, there's no point in it
в ширóком смы́сле = in the broad sense
во всeх смы́слах = in all respects

Related words:

бессмы́сленный = pointless, senseless
cмысловóй = semantic, sense
значéние = meaning
цель = purpose, goal, objective

Case

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