Dictionary Check: sensation

"sensation" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points
Words with Friends 11 points

Definition

noun

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

Example: "a sensation of touch"
noun

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

noun

a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

Example: "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
noun

a state of widespread public excitement and interest

Example: "the news caused a sensation"
noun

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Example: "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

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