Download the app
educalingo
Search
I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring food as a series of really intense hits on the tongue.
Ferran Adria

Meaning of "sensation" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SENSATION

From Medieval Latin sensātiō, from Late Latin sensātussensate.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF SENSATION

sensation  [sɛnˈseɪʃən] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENSATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sensation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SENSATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sensation in the English dictionary

The first definition of sensation in the dictionary is the power of perceiving through the senses. Other definition of sensation is a physical condition or experience resulting from the stimulation of one of the sense organs. Sensation is also a general feeling or awareness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENSATION


affixation
ˌæfɪkˈseɪʃən
Alsatian
ælˈseɪʃən
annexation
ˌænɪkˈseɪʃən
cassation
kæˈseɪʃən
cessation
sɛˈseɪʃən
compensation
ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən
condensation
ˌkɒndɛnˈseɪʃən
conversation
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən
decompensation
diːˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən
dispensation
ˌdɪspɛnˈseɪʃən
extravasation
ɪkˌstrævəˈseɪʃən
fixation
fɪkˈseɪʃən
indexation
ˌɪndɛkˈseɪʃən
laxation
lækˈseɪʃən
luxation
lʌkˈseɪʃən
malversation
ˌmælvɜːˈseɪʃən
pulsation
pʌlˈseɪʃən
relaxation
ˌriːlækˈseɪʃən
taxation
tækˈseɪʃən
vexation
vɛkˈseɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENSATION

sensa
sensate
sensate focus
sensately
sensational
sensationalise
sensationalism
sensationalist
sensationalistic
sensationalize
sensationally
sensationism
sensationist
sensationless
sense
sense datum
sense of direction
sense of humour
sense of occasion
sense organ

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENSATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of sensation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENSATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sensation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sensation

Translation of «sensation» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF SENSATION

Find out the translation of sensation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sensation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sensation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

感觉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sensación
570 millions of speakers

English

sensation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सनसनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإحساس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ощущение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sensação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংবেদন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sensation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sensasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gefühl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

知覚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sensasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảm giác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खळबळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

duygu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sensazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sensacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відчуття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

senzație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αίσθηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sensasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

känsla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sensasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sensation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENSATION»

The term «sensation» is very widely used and occupies the 9.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
96
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «sensation» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of sensation
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «sensation».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENSATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sensation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sensation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sensation

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «SENSATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sensation.
1
Ferran Adria
I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring food as a series of really intense hits on the tongue.
2
Samuel Alexander
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
3
Samuel Alexander
But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.
4
Armand Assante
Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.
5
Charles Baudelaire
We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.
6
Lord Byron
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.
7
Eric Cantona
Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing.
8
Van Cliburn
I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.
9
Benjamin Cohen
Back then, I could be as obnoxious as I liked and people would still come back for more, they had to, I was Benjamin Cohen, the Dot Com sensation.
10
Mason Cooley
Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENSATION»

Discover the use of sensation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sensation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sensation and Perception
A key strength of this book has always been the ability to illustrate concepts through examples and visuals.
E. Goldstein, 2013
2
Slave to Sensation
In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed.
Nalini Singh, 2010
3
Francis Bacon
Cezanne and sensation - The levels of sensation - Figuration and violence - The movement of translation, the stroll - The phenomenological unity of the senses: sensation and rhythm There are two ways of going beyond figuration (that is, ...
Gilles Deleuze, 2005
4
Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, ...
The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. This is where our own public controversies about evolution began.
James A. Secord, 2003
5
Signals, Sound, and Sensation
Linking signal processing with the psychology of auditory perception this book is unique and will provide professionals in related fields with a physicist's perspective of the subject.
William M. Hartmann, 1997
6
Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases of Sensation Seeking
This book presents the only available study of this fascinating topic and it will be sure to interest researchers and their students active in personality research.
Marvin Zuckerman, 1994
7
Beyond Sensation: Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Context
This is the first book to address the entire career of this key Victorian author.
Marlene Tromp, Pamela K. Gilbert, Aeron Haynie, 2000
8
Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation
DIVA major theoretical rethinking of intellectual models of embodiment, movement, and sensation./div "It is not enough to describe Massumi's book as a brilliant achievement.
Brian Massumi, 2002
9
Sensation and Perception
From that information, our brain creates an impression of the world around us. Sensation and Perception focuses on how these systems work, from the mechanics of individual cells to the interactions of thousands of cells in the brain.
Mike May, 2009
10
Moulding the Female Body in Victorian Fairy Tales and ...
In the sensation novels, on the other hand, the clichés of the feminine ideal which Victorian fairy-tale writers and fantasists deconstruct become visual signs aimed at captivating the beholder. While fairy-tale writers and fantasists merely place ...
Dr Laurence Talairach-Vielmas, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENSATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sensation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sensation Of 'Dope' Continues At Cannes Film Festival
Now, he's sitting in a restaurant at Cannes riding the sensation of “Dope,” his comic Los Angeles coming-of-age tale that sparked a bidding war this year at the ... «CBS Local, May 15»
2
Spinal injections of stem cells restore sensation in some paraplegics …
TORONTO -- A small number of paraplegics are now able to feel some sensation after having neural stem cells transplanted into their damaged spinal cords as ... «CTV News, May 15»
3
Eye nerve graft restores sensation
Loss of sensation in the eye that gradually leads to blindness has been prevented with an innovative technique, Canadian surgeons say. Abby Messner, 18, of ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
4
NIH scientists discover molecule triggers sensation of itch
If correct, this start switch would provide a natural place to look for unique molecules that can be targeted with drugs to turn off the sensation more efficiently in ... «National Institutes of Health, May 13»
5
Vibrating musical glove improves sensation and mobility in spinal …
Researchers at Georgia Tech have seen an improvement in sensation and movement in the hands of people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI) after ... «Gizmag, Jul 12»
6
HTC Sensation 4G Ice Cream Sandwich Update Arrives May 16th …
Well, today may not be the day for the Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich update after all, instead we're turning our attention to the HTC Sensation 4G and official ... «TmoNews, May 12»
7
HTC Sensation XE
The XE is the second Beats Audio-branded smartphone we've seen, after the HTC Sensation XL. The HTC Sensation XE is a far more powerful beast, though, ... «Expert Reviews, Feb 12»
8
HTC's first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and …
According to the outfit's UK Facebook page, the update will begin rolling out to the HTC Sensation and Sensation XE by the end of March, with the Sensation XL ... «Engadget, Feb 12»
9
HTC Sensation XE Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade confirmed
As well as the Sensation range, the HTC Evo 3D will get the software update. But don't start obsessively checking for software updates now, as HTC reckons the ... «TechRadar UK, Nov 11»
10
HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio review
In many respects this is not a complete review, because we've avoided covering the same ground we already trod extensively in our review of the Sensation. «Engadget, Oct 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sensation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sensation>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z