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sensation

noun
sen-SAY-shuhn/sɛnˈseɪʃən/

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5 meanings of sensation

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A feeling in your body when something touches or affects it.

    Like the cold feeling you get when you touch ice.

    A cold sensation spread across her skin as she stepped outside.

    He felt a strange sensation in his fingers after the long walk.

    Similarfeeling

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A lot of public excitement and interest about someone or something.

    Like when everyone at school suddenly talks about the same thing.

    The new movie became a sensation overnight.

    Her singing turned her into a sensation across the country.

    Similarstir, hit, furor, commotion

    Oppositeflop, failure

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  3. 3
    noununcountable
    The activity in your sense organs when they react to something.

    Like a doorbell ringing when someone presses the button.

    Doctors checked whether any sensation remained in the injured nerve.

    Sensation begins when tiny cells in the skin react to a touch.

    Similarfeeling, perception, sensitivity

    Oppositenumbness

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  1. 4
    noundatedfigurativelycountable
    A person who amazes and excites a lot of people.

    Like a new student everyone wants to be friends with.

    The young pianist was a real sensation at the concert hall.

    Everyone agreed the new teacher was a sensation.

    Similarstar, phenomenon, celebrity, marvel, wonder

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  2. 5
    nounarchaiccountable
    A small drink of gin or sherry.
    A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry.
    1852, George Butler Earp, Gold Seeker's ManualHere, Sensation means a small drink, like half a glass of sherry.
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Origin

It comes from Latin "sensus," through Medieval Latin "sensatio" and Old French.