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Narrator: Today's word is "Sensible" — adjective, pronounced /ˈsensəbl/, with the stress on "sen".
Narrator: Sensible means based on good judgement and practical thinking.
Narrator: In plain English, sensible means wise and practical.
Narrator: It comes from Latin sensibilis, able to be felt, later meaning reasonable.
Narrator: A common collocation is "sensible shoes", which describes comfortable, practical footwear.
Narrator: It differs from "sensitive", because sensible means practical, while sensitive means easily affected.
Narrator: In a second sense, in Spanish and French "sensible" means sensitive, a classic false friend.
Narrator: Everyday life, parenting, finance and safety all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: sensible means good sense.
Speaker A: Should I wear heels for the hike?
Speaker B: Wear SENSIBLE boots! From Latin sensibilis.
Speaker A: Not stylish?
Speaker B: But no blisters.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "That's a sensible idea", advice. "Wear sensible shoes", a trip. "Be sensible with money", finance.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spanish and French speakers often confuse sensible with sensitive.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Practical is its cousin, reasonable its twin, and prudent an alternative — yet sensible keeps its steady charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "sensible" in AI prompts — useful for defaults and learner support.
Speaker A: How for software?
Speaker B: Defaults.
Prompt: Suggest sensible default settings for a new user of a photo-editing app.
Speaker A: And learners?
Speaker B: False friends.
Prompt: Explain the difference between sensible and sensitive for Spanish speakers.
Speaker A: Could it help finance?
Speaker B: Yes, for budgets.
Prompt: Create a sensible monthly budget for a student on nine hundred pounds.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Validation.
Prompt: Add sensible limits to this form so ages must be between zero and one hundred and twenty.
Sensible — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary