sensation B1 Topic:People & Society US /sɛnˈseɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #7283 Meanings 1 noun A physical feeling that you get through your body, such as touch, heat, or pain. She felt a tingling sensation in her fingers after the cold walk. 2 noun A feeling of excitement or strong interest. Anticipation gave me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear. 3 noun A person or event that causes great public excitement and interest. The young singer became an overnight sensation after the contest. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a physical feeling that you... sense impression More feelingperception Word family Forms sensations Derived forms aerosensationaftersensationchemosensationhygrosensationhypersensationmagnetosensationmechanosensationorosensationosmosensationphotosensationpresensationresensation Related forms emotionsensationalsensesensiblesensitivesensorysensual Common collocations cutaneous sensation Adjective + noun painful sensation Adjective + noun tactile sensation Adjective + noun Etymology From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus. sensus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sensation **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɛnˈseɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 7283 ## Meanings 1. A physical feeling that you get through your body, such as touch, heat, or pain. 2. A feeling of excitement or strong interest. 3. A person or event that causes great public excitement and interest. ## Examples - She felt a tingling sensation in her fingers after the cold walk. - Anticipation gave me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear. - The young singer became an overnight sensation after the contest. ## Synonyms - feeling - perception ## Derived Forms - aerosensation - aftersensation - chemosensation - hygrosensation - hypersensation - magnetosensation - mechanosensation - orosensation - osmosensation - photosensation - presensation - resensation ## Related Forms - emotion - sensational - sense - sensible - sensitive - sensory - sensual ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sensus ## Etymology From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus. ## Topics - People & Society - Emotions & Feelings markdown