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sensation
sen‧sa‧tion/senˈseɪʃən/ noun [date : 1600-1700; Language : Medieval Latin; Origin : sensatio, from Late Latin sensatus 'having sense', from Latin sensus; ⇨ sense1] 1. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch burning/prickling/tingling etc sensation ▪ One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm. sensation of ▪ a sensation of heat
2. [COUNTABLE] a feeling that is difficult to describe, caused by a particular event, experience, or memory sensation that ▪ Caroline had the sensation that she was being watched. strange/curious/odd sensation ▪ It was a strange sensation – I felt I’d been there before.
3. [UNCOUNTABLE] the ability to feel things, especially through your sense of touch: ▪ Jerry realized that he had no sensation in his legs.
4. [COUNTABLE USUALLY SINGULAR] extreme excitement or interest, or someone or something that causes this cause/create a sensation ▪ The sex scenes in the film caused a sensation. pop/fashion/media etc sensation ▪ the latest pop sensation from England • • • COLLOCATIONS (for Meanings 1 & 2) adjectives ▪pleasant ▪ She was enjoying the pleasant sensation of being in the warm water. ▪unpleasant ▪ I felt a rather unpleasant sensation in my chest. ▪strange/odd ▪ As we looked at each other I had a strange sensation. ▪a physical sensation ▪ Babies soon learn to recognize the physical sensation of hunger. ▪a burning sensation ▪ These chemicals can cause a burning sensation or rash. ▪a prickling sensation (=a feeling that your skin is stinging) ▪ He felt a prickling sensation on the back of his neck. ▪a tingling sensation (=a feeling that your skin is stinging slightly) ▪ She felt a tingling sensation, like a mild electric shock. ▪a choking sensation (=a feeling that you cannot breathe) ▪ A choking sensation filled my throat. verbs ▪feel/have/experience a sensation ▪ He felt a tingling sensation down his left side. ▪cause/produce a sensation ▪ The drug can produce strange sensations in some patients.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES tactile sensations ▪ tactile sensations tingling feeling/sensation ▪ Graham felt a tingling sensation in his hand. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE bodily ▪ We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation. ▪ I shall now try to make explicit these other lines of thought about the location of bodily sensations. burning ▪ But the thick, hardened layers of dead skin sometimes press on the nerve, causing a burning sensation when you walk. ▪ If there is any pain or a burning sensation, tell the doctor, just in case you have a urinary infection. ▪ There was a burning sensation somewhere near the pit of his stomach. ▪ When it started again there was a new pain a sharp burning sensation in her crotch. ▪ She winced painfully as a burning sensation spread across her cheek, and jerked her hand away from her face. curious ▪ Helen now had a curious pricking sensation up and down her spine. ▪ Later I experienced a curious burning sensation during micturition. ▪ Once again Sabine had the curious sensation that time had stopped and run back. ▪ You may feel a curious pulling-away sensation or friction. different ▪ Natural foodstuffs contain a range of flavours that create a subtly different sensation. ▪ We need to look at how a child reacts to and processes different sensations and motor patterns. ▪ It's a different sensation in your muscles than just hard weight. new ▪ Stepping off the concrete path on to gravel was a new sensation and he felt himself slide and stumble. ▪ Not new sensations but rather so-called discoveries. ▪ This use of new spatial sensations was to become an increasingly important feature of Braque's work. ▪ It was a new sensation for her. ▪ It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected, as such, by himself. ▪ Sunday morning brings to this trip a new sensation: Melancholy. ▪ She felt an odd, new sensation. ▪ The solipsist admits no community to ground his belief that it is objectively true that this new sensation is a pain. odd ▪ At first there is the odd sensation of panic, the feel of coming to an alien city. ▪ Sam Fong experienced an odd sensation on seeing some one he had always thought to be his enemy. ▪ Yet when he lowered his arm Meredith had the odd sensation that she'd lost. ▪ She felt an odd, new sensation. ▪ So it produces an odd sensation to learn, again from Anna, that this superstition was in fact Dostoevsky's. overnight ▪ Admirable stirring stuff but, as overnight sensations always discover, the dawn has a cruel and wicked light. ▪ Alomar is 31, a little old to be an overnight sensation. ▪ Hiney reminds us that Philip Marlowe was anything but an overnight sensation. ▪ How did the Metropolitan Grill became an unmitigated overnight sensation? ▪ Snapple became an overnight sensation among health buffs in the Northeast and on the West Coast. physical ▪ It offers a character great combat skill in return for being able to share the physical and mental sensations of combat. ▪ Because when you attach the physical sensations to the visualization, it has more impact. ▪ It is true that many of these creatures are aware of ordinary physical sensations beyond our human thresholds. ▪ Lydecker says she can tune in to animals' mental images and feel their emotional and physical sensations. ▪ The important thing to remember is to have implicit faith in the instrument indications, ignoring any contrary physical sensations. ▪ You both lose awareness of self-consciousness, of anything but the current overwhelming physical and emotional sensations. ▪ But I possessed that night an almost total recall of physical sensations. pleasant ▪ It really was a rather pleasant sensation. ▪ The electrical chair produced a pleasant tingly sensation. ▪ Sanity was very quickly returning to her, and it wasn't a pleasant sensation. rectal ▪ In this study we classified rectal sensations elicited by isobaric distensions according to the segmental steady state values obtained. ▪ Previous results have shown a higher threshold of rectal sensation in men than in women. strange ▪ It was a strange sensation to have them on - more intimate than sleeping with his widow. ▪ The strangest sensation of all was the motion of the room. ▪ In spite of her sore butt and the strange sensation between her legs, she wasn't unduly stressed. ▪ I feel a little curl of strange sensation working its way down from the bottom of my spine. ▪ And all at once a strange sensation came over him. ▪ He was aware of strange thoughts and sensations swimming through his mind, but he could not cope with the pain. ▪ She was gripped by something else, a truly strange sensation. ▪ It is a strange sensation, but many sense it from time to time: a consuming desire to part with money. tactile ▪ The disobedient youth has been injected with an experimental drug, though of course his tactile sensations aren't blunted. ▪ My comment that I enjoy the tactile sensation of playing with the dough met with a supercilious, adult-type snicker. tingling ▪ She felt him draw her closer up against his body - and suddenly a tingling sensation started somewhere inside her. ▪ Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips. ▪ He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help. ▪ Graham immediately felt a tingling sensation in his hand which quickly spread up his arm and into his chest. ▪ The lingering tingling sensations caused by the whip glowed all over her body. visual ▪ From the start Bergman's narrative was for me an assemblage of visual and sound sensations. NOUN media ▪ This true-life horror story coming out of Los Angeles a few years back became an instant media sensation. VERB become ▪ Overnight, she became a sensation. ▪ How did the Metropolitan Grill became an unmitigated overnight sensation? ▪ Snapple became an overnight sensation among health buffs in the Northeast and on the West Coast. ▪ This true-life horror story coming out of Los Angeles a few years back became an instant media sensation. burn ▪ Later I experienced a curious burning sensation during micturition. ▪ When this happens the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing a burning sensation that has the potential to awaken a sleeper. cause ▪ This is a show that would cause a sensation in London or New York. ▪ This caused a sensation in Western countries where the threat of serious infectious disease had come to be considered remote. ▪ But the thick, hardened layers of dead skin sometimes press on the nerve, causing a burning sensation when you walk. ▪ When this happens the esophagus becomes irritated and inflamed, causing a burning sensation that has the potential to awaken a sleeper. ▪ The see-through trouser suit she had designed herself had caused a sensation at Rachel Ansorge's party. ▪ The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea. ▪ It also, vitally, causes the moment of sensation to be prolonged. ▪ Many neurologic disorders affecting the brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord posterior column may cause dizzy sensations. create ▪ He no longer expects to win major tournaments but he settles for creating a noisy sensation in going as far as he can go. ▪ For some people this creates an overload of sensation that is too much to bear. ▪ This Fireside Listening tape uses words to create the sensation of skiing. ▪ In I 779 he created a sensation with a pocket chronometer, called No. 36. ▪ Natural foodstuffs contain a range of flavours that create a subtly different sensation. enjoy ▪ Ask yourself how it makes you feel, what memories it arouses within you and whether you enjoy the sensation. ▪ My comment that I enjoy the tactile sensation of playing with the dough met with a supercilious, adult-type snicker. ▪ But only drink it if you enjoy the taste and sensation. ▪ I enjoy the sensation of eating. ▪ I felt ashamed because I was enjoying this sensation. ▪ I drank some of my beer, enjoying the sensation of bubbles on my tongue after the stickiness of the peanuts. ▪ She concentrated on enjoying the sensation of air entering and leaving her lungs. experience ▪ A year ago I experienced a sensation of flashing lights and couldn't see for about 20 minutes. ▪ Later I experienced a curious burning sensation during micturition. ▪ Because I was experiencing shooting sensations around my hips, the doctor was convinced I had a back problem. ▪ An involuntary action is set up which causes him to withdraw his hand even before he experiences any sensation of pain. ▪ Never had Theda experienced such a sensation. ▪ Sam Fong experienced an odd sensation on seeing some one he had always thought to be his enemy. ▪ We went down into the station shelter and I experienced the familiar claustrophobic sensation of waiting for something to happen. ▪ Be sure to hear the sounds, smell the smells, experience the sensations. feel ▪ She felt a giddy sensation of ground shifting under her feet. ▪ It was a perverse jealousy I felt, envying him sensations no one should have to suffer. ▪ I also think you can feel such sensations in places where great acts of religious worship have taken place. ▪ If the individual can not feel the tiny pricking sensation, it is a sign of faulty nerve function in the feet. ▪ Her cream shoes were far from waterproof, and already she could feel an unpleasant sensation around her toes. ▪ Your mind and body feel great sensations and it happens so quickly. ▪ Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips. ▪ He explains how he felt a tingling sensation down his left-hand side but did not immediately call for help. give ▪ He strove with words as he strove with brush, pen, or etching needle to give the public equal sensations. ▪ The texture of Les Majeurs is so light and natural that it gives a sensation of comfort and a sensational finish. ▪ Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation. ▪ To visit Venice gives the sensation of viewing an ancient and famous movie, with each bit player a star name. produce ▪ They are not there apart from an observer, they are rather the tendency of objects to produce certain sensations in one. ▪ The electrical chair produced a pleasant tingly sensation. ▪ So it produces an odd sensation to learn, again from Anna, that this superstition was in fact Dostoevsky's. tingle ▪ Suspense in fiction, that tingling sensation that makes us keep turning the pages, seems to arise in two ways. ▪ The next few days I felt a curious tingling, itching sensation on my face. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A cold sensation suddenly ran down my spine. ▪ A common sign of brain tumours is a tingly, numb sensation in the toes and fingertips. ▪ She felt a cold sensation as the icy water dripped down her back. ▪ The drug helps to improve muscle function and sensation after an accident. ▪ The fear of pain can be worse than the sensation of pain. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An involuntary action is set up which causes him to withdraw his hand even before he experiences any sensation of pain. ▪ Eventually, when the pitch is low and the voice is forward, you will feel the tingling sensation on your lips. ▪ It really was a rather pleasant sensation. ▪ She was not in the least embarrassed and felt something of an opposite sensation, which had no name. ▪ The sensation is a thrilling one, and I enjoy it immensely. ▪ The real sensation came, however, during the fourth number. ▪ They were a sensation, a stirring, something she could not have sworn came from outside herself. ▪ This is the heady sensation that most travelers relish, the freedom that comes from feeling unaccounted for and unaccountable.
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