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reason::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rationality, reasonableness |
| Type of | sanity, saneness |
he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions.
reason::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conclude, reason out |
| Type of | cogitate, cerebrate, think |
| Has types | gather, deduce, deduct, derive, extrapolate, feel, find, generalise, generalize, induce, infer, syllogise, syllogize |
| Derivation | reasoner |
We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house.
reason::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intellect, understanding |
| Type of | module, faculty, mental faculty |
we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil.
reason::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cause, grounds |
| Type of | justification |
they had good reason to rejoice.
reason::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fact |
| Has types | indication, contraindication |
there is reason to believe he is lying.
reason::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | explanation, account |
the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cerebrate, cogitate, think |
| Has types | rationalize away, cipher, compute, cypher, ratiocinate, rationalise away, speculate, categorize, work out, theorize, figure, reckon, calculate, categorise |
| Derivation | reasoning, reasoner |
The children must learn to reason.
Examples of reason
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Convenience is another reason we routinely reach for chicken at the supermarket.
From the tennessean.com
Illinois, 2010 style, has suddenly found reason to make such damaging decisions.
From the dailyherald.com
I am entitled to do that, and honestly, it's the best reason to invent an award.
From the stltoday.com
He said investigators have no reason to believe jail employees aided the escape.
From the stltoday.com
In other words, he said, unemployment fell last month, but for the wrong reason.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The reason Pelini gets so fired up is that he is SO frustrated with the offense.
From the omaha.com
Any form of logic dictates that a person hides because they have reason to hide.
From the washingtontimes.com
The reason I ask is that Chanel has both Coco and Coco Mademoiselle collections.
From the sacbee.com
One reason King County is the economic center is that all roads lead to Seattle.
From the thenewstribune.com
- A rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
- Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
- An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
- Argue: present reasons and arguments
- The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
- Think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
- Reason is a mental faculty found in humans, that is able to generate conclusions from assumptions or premises. In other words, it is amongst other things the means by which rational beings propose specific reasons, or explanations of cause and effect. ...
- In informal logic, a reason consists of either a single premise or co-premises in support of an argument. In formal symbolic logic, only single premises occur. In informal reasoning, two types of reasons exist. ...
- Reason is a libertarian monthly magazine published by the Reason Foundation. The magazine has a circulation of around 60,000 and was named one of the 50 best magazines in 2003 and 2004 by the Chicago Tribune.
