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reason
('r/i/z/@/n
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noun (n)
- a rational motive for a belief or action(noun.motive)Example:
The reason that war was declared.
source: wordnet30 - an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon(noun.communication)Example:
The reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly.
source: wordnet30 - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination(noun.cognition)Example:
We are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil.
source: wordnet30 - the state of having good sense and sound judgment(noun.state)Example:
He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions.
source: wordnet30 - a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion(noun.cognition)Example:
There is reason to believe he is lying.
source: wordnet30 - A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion(verb.cognition)Example:
We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house.
source: wordnet30 - think logically(verb.cognition)Example:
The children must learn to reason.
source: wordnet30 - To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.(verb)source: webster1913
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.(verb)source: webster1913