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How to pronounce sensation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, star, superstar, virtuoso, whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
Type of expert
Has types track star
Type Words
Synonyms aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
Type of perception
Has types visual sensation, limen, masking, odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, sound, synaesthesia, synesthesia, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, threshold, vision, auditory sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation
Derivation sense


a sensation of touch.
Type Words
Synonyms sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency
Type of faculty, mental faculty, module
Has types modality, sensibility, sensitivity, sensory system, sensitiveness, sense modality
Derivation sense
Type Words
Type of stir


anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear.
Type Words
Type of inflammation, fervor, fervour, excitement, excitation


the news caused a sensation.

Examples of sensation

sensation
Alexander said he couldn't see and complained of a burning sensation in his eye.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
I think he'll find that a nice cup of Horlicks provides just the same sensation.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The high-tech, slim-line snow shoes give a sensation of gliding across the snow.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
In the US, Groupon is already a sensation and it is taking the UK by storm, too.
From the independent.co.uk
This is why Mr Putin's behaviour after the crash was such a sensation in Poland.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That evening at the Kentucky Theatre, you will find indie-rock sensation Beirut.
From the kentucky.com
Fortunately, he hasn't had that stomach-turning sensation in more than 10 years.
From the sfgate.com
For a similar sensation, put a rodeo barrel on a train track, climb in and wait.
From the latimes.com
The Wii platform is a clever piece of technology which heightens this sensation.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
  • Ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  • A general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
  • A state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the news caused a sensation"
  • Sense: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
  • (sensational) causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
  • Sensation, an album by Anu00FAna, was released in 2006 on the Danu00FA label. All music featured on the disc is original, written by the Irish composer Michael McGlynn.
  • Sensation is an indoor dance-event which originated in the Netherlands and organized by ID&T. The original event, which ran exclusively in the Amsterdam ArenA for a period of five years until 2005, is now located throughout Poland, Spain, Chile, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic, Latvia, ...
  • Sensation was an exhibition of Young British Artists which first took place 18 September - 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Art in London and later toured to Berlin and New York. ...