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sensation
/senˈseɪʃən/ nounDefinition
PHYSICAL [C, U] › a physical feeling, or the ability to physically feel things: a burning sensation Three months after the accident she still has no sensation in her right foot.
FEELING [C] › a strange feeling or idea that you can not explain: I had the strangest sensation that I had met him before.
EXCITEMENT [no plural] › a lot of excitement, surprise, or interest, or the person or event that causes these feelings: Their affair caused a sensation.
(Definition of sensation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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