- [countable] a feeling that you get when something affects your body
- a tingling/burning sensation
- I had a sensation of falling, as if in a dream.
Extra Examples- A wonderful sensation filled his body.
- For a special taste sensation, try our gourmet coffee.
- He felt a tingling sensation down his side.
- I had a strange sensation in my leg.
- Lisa felt a burning sensation in her eyes.
- Most people enjoy the sensation of eating.
- the sensation of sand between your toes
- She felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach.
- He was overwhelmed by a sensation of fear.
- Rossi described the sensation of plunging downhill at 130 mph.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bodily
- physical
- tactile
- …
- experience
- feel
- have
- …
- come back
- come over somebody
- fill something
- …
- sensation in
- sensation of
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- [uncountable] the ability to feel through your sense of touch synonym feeling
- She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bodily
- physical
- tactile
- …
- experience
- feel
- have
- …
- come back
- come over somebody
- fill something
- …
- sensation in
- sensation of
- [countable, usually singular] a general feeling or impression that is difficult to explain; an experience or a memory
- He had the eerie sensation of being watched.
- When I arrived, I had the sensation that she had been expecting me.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bodily
- physical
- tactile
- …
- experience
- feel
- have
- …
- come back
- come over somebody
- fill something
- …
- sensation in
- sensation of
- [countable, usually singular] very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise
- News of his arrest caused a sensation.
- The band became a sensation overnight.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- Golf's latest teen sensation is Michelle Woo.
- The series became a media sensation in the early 1950s.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- overnight
- international
- …
- cause
- create
- become
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin sensatio(n-), from Latin sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’.
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