sane
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/seɪn/
Definition of sane
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
“a sane mind”
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adj
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Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
“a sane mind”
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Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
“a sane person”
“Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant? Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin. Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left! Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.”
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Rational; reasonable; sensible.
“Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.”
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable)Acronym of standard and normal evolution.
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of sexual assault nurse examiner.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of SANE disc, a type of black hole accretion disc.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
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