Dictionary

come to one's senses en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To reawaken after having lost consciousness.
   • The accident sent Bahutule into coma straight away. When he came to his senses, he lay in bed with a fractured right femur bone and a crushed left elbow. 2015 September 1, Aadya Sharma, “Sairaj Bahutule: Indian domestic cricket legend”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022, retrieved 02 Oct 2016:
   • He turned toward the door, plunged forward, fell unconscious. . . . When he came to his senses he was in his bed—comfortable, weak, lazy. 1904, David Graham Phillips, chapter 25, in The Cost:
   • [H]e dropped from his seat at my side, like a man struck dead. The stifling heat in the theater had proved too much for him. We carried him out at once into the fresh air. When he came to his senses, my friend entreated me to leave him, and see the end of the play. 1884, Wilkie Collins, Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper, First Epoch
2. (idiomatic) To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, confused, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner.
   • Dick had not been altogether in his right senses. . . . He found his mother weeping as though her heart would break; whereat his own heart smote him so that he came to his senses there and then, and knelt in humility and shame at her feet. 1904, E. W. Hornung, chapter 32, in At Large:
   • “She is mad with sorrow, but maybe after a few days she will come to her senses,” says one man. 2010 January 26, Bobby Ghosh, “The Haiti Earthquake”, in TIME, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2021, retrieved 02 Oct 2016:
   • “I shall never divorce you,” he said, as if a nail had been driven in. . . . She went upstairs and told Hilda the upshot. “Better get away tomorrow,” said Hilda, “and let him come to his senses.” 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIX, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
   • Thus, after eighteen months of fantastic and ruinous warfare, the companies had come to their senses and agreed to do what they might have done at the start; the only gainers were the passengers who had been carried at ridiculously uneconomic fares. 1956 January, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1856”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:

Forms

Synonyms

come round (reawaken) · sense (become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · come to (reawaken) · smarten up (become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible)

Translations (48)

uk прийти́ до па́м'яті (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk оприто́мнювати (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · pl opamiętywać się (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk опам'ята́тися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · hu magához tér (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · fi tulla tajuihinsa (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · pl odzyskać przytomność (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · hu észre tér (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · fi tulla järkiinsä (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk схамену́тися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk отя́млюватися (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · it tornare in sé (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · hu visszanyeri az eszméletét (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · id sadarkan diri (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · fr revenir à soi (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk оприто́мніти (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk отя́митися (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · ru одуматься (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk отя́млюватися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · pl dojść do siebie (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk оду́матися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · pl dochodzić do siebie (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · fi järkiintyä (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · fr revenir à soi (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · es sentar la cabeza (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · la animum reciperare (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · ast asitiar (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk опам'ята́тися (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk опам'ято́вуватися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk опам'ятува́тися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk опам'ято́вуватися (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk оприто́мніти (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · pl opamiętać się (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · sv ta sitt förnuft till fånga (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · ta நினைவு திரும்பு (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk отя́митися (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · pt voltar a si (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk прийти́ до тя́ми (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · pl odzyskiwać przytomność (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · uk оприто́мнювати (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · unm òxpahële (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · uk опам'ятува́тися (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · unm òxpahële (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · ast aposentar (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · ru очнуться (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · it tornare in sé (to become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible) · fr reprendre ses esprits (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) · la animum recuperare (to reawaken after having lost consciousness)