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verbpresent reasons and arguments
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"the reason that war was declared"nouna rational motive for a belief or action
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"he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"nounthe state of having good sense and sound judgment
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"We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"verbdecide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
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"we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"nounthe capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
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"they had good reason to rejoice"nouna justification for something existing or happeningtype of:
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"there is reason to believe he is lying"nouna fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusiontype of:
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"the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"nounan explanation of the cause of some phenomenontype of:
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"The children must learn to reason"verbthink logically
Examples of reason
- "the reason that war was declared"
- "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
- "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
- "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
- "they had good reason to rejoice"
- "there is reason to believe he is lying"
- "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
- "The children must learn to reason"