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sane

(sān)

adj. san·er, san·est

1. Of sound mind; mentally healthy.

2. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.

[Latin sānus, healthy.]

sane′ly adv.

sane′ness n.

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sane

(seɪn)

adj

1. (Psychology) sound in mind; free from mental disturbance

2. having or showing reason, good judgment, or sound sense

3. obsolete healthy

[C17: from Latin sānus healthy]

ˈsanely adv

ˈsaneness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sane

(seɪn)

adj. san•er, san•est.

1. free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind.

2. having or showing reason, sound judgment, or good sense.

3. sound; healthy.

[1620–30; < Latin sānus healthy]

sane′ly, adv.

sane′ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	sane - mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane" rational - consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
	2.	sane - marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" reasonable rational - consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"

sane

adjective

1. rational, normal, all there (informal), lucid, of sound mind, compos mentis (Latin), in your right mind, mentally sound, in possession of all your faculties He seemed perfectly sane.
rational mad, crazy, nuts (slang), daft (informal), insane, mentally ill, loony (slang), bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.), loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), doolally (slang), off your head (slang), off your trolley (slang), non compos mentis (Latin), round the bend or twist (slang), a sausage short of a fry-up (slang)

2. sensible, sound, reasonable, balanced, moderate, sober, judicious, level-headed a sane and safe energy policy
sensible stupid, foolish, unreasonable, unsound, dumb-ass (slang), wacko or whacko (informal)

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sane

adjective

1. Mentally healthy:

compos mentis, lucid, rational.

Idioms: all there, in one's right mind, of sound mind .

2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence:

balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, sound, well-founded, well-grounded, wise.

Translations

ذو عَقْلٍ سَليمعاقِل

duševně zdravýrozumný

fornuftignormal

gesund vernünftig

sensé sain d'esprit

épelméjû

andlega heillskynsamur

equilibrio ragionevole sano di mente

psichikos būklė

ar veselu saprātunormālsprātīgssaprātīgs

forstandig ved sine fulle fem

нормальный

duševne zdravý

duševno zdrav

akıllıaklı başındamantıklı

心智健全的明智的

sane

[seɪn] ADJ (saner (compar) (sanest (superl))) [person] → cuerdo; [judgment etc] → sabio, sensato

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sane

[ˈseɪn] adj

[person] → sain(e) d'esprit

[outlook] → sensé(e), sain(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sane

adj (+er)

(= mentally healthy) person → normal; (Med, Psych etc) → geistig gesund; (Jur) → zurechnungsfähig; world, society etc → gesund

(= sensible) advice, policy, system, person, behaviour → vernünftig; it’s simply not sane to … → es ist doch verrückt, zu …; there is no sane reason why … → es gibt keinen vernünftigen Grund, weshalb …

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sane

[seɪn] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (person) → sano/a di mente; (judgment, outlook) → sensato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sane

(sein) adjective

1. not mad. in a perfectly sane state of mind.

2. sensible. a very sane person.

ˈsanely adverb

ˈsanity (ˈsӕ-) noun

the state or quality of being sane. I am concerned about her sanity.

sane

a. sano-a; [mentally] cuerdo-a.

sane

adj cuerdo

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