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- pronunciation:
- sen
s
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to the senses.
Dogs have very keen sensory abilities.The ears and eyes are sensory organs.- similar words:
- sensational, sensual
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to the transmitting of stimuli from the sense organs to the brain.
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| related words: |
phenomenal, tangible |
(adj.)sensory
+ noun
apparatus,
assault,
awareness,
capability,
capacity,
cell,
channel,
characteristic,
cognition,
communication,
comparison,
connection,
cortex,
cue,
data,
deficit,
delight,
deprivation,
device,
difficulty,
dimension,
disability,
discrimination,
disorder,
dysfunction,
epithelium,
evaluation,
experience,
exploration,
explosion,
faculty,
feast,
feedback,
fiber,
fibre,
fragrance,
function,
hearing,
impairment,
impression,
impulse,
information,
innervation,
input,
integration,
intellectual,
interaction,
loss,
mechanism,
memory,
mismatch,
modality,
mode,
modification,
motor,
nerve,
neuron,
organ,
overload,
pain,
panel,
panelist,
pathway,
perception,
phenomenon,
pleasure,
potential,
preconditioning,
processing,
quality,
re-education,
realm,
receptor,
register,
response,
root,
sensitivity,
skill,
stimulation,
stimulus,
substitution,
subsystem,
system,
tank,
taste,
testing,
therapy,
threshold,
training,
vision
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| derivation: |
sensorial (adj.) |
The word sensory
contains the following parts:
sens, sent1
Latin
root
that means to feel, to perceive
  Example words:
assent, consent, desensitize, dissent, insensate, resent, sensation, senseless, sensibility, sensible, sensitive, sensitivity, sensitize, sensory, sensual, sensuous, sentiment, sentimental
-ory, -atory2
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means serving to, pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -ory
, -atory2 attaches to Latin verb roots to form adjectives. Adjectives ending in "-atory
" tend to have corresponding verbs ending in "-ate" (congratulatory: congratulate).
Example words:
accusatory, advisory, aleatory, amatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, auditory, commendatory, compulsory, conciliatory, cursory, dextrorotatory, ejaculatory, exclamatory, exploratory, illusory, mandatory, obligatory, perfunctory, placatory, preparatory, refractory, respiratory, satisfactory, sensory, transitory
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