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US
/ˈɹizən/
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[ UK /ɹˈiːzən/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈiːzən/ ]
NOUN
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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 -
a justification for something existing or happening
they had good reason to rejoice
he had no cause to complain -
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 -
a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
there is reason to believe he is lying -
a rational motive for a belief or action
the reason that war was declared
the grounds for their declaration -
the state of having good sense and sound judgment
his rationality may have been impaired
he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
VERB
- present reasons and arguments
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decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house -
think logically
The children must learn to reason
How To Use reason In A Sentence
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
- If you accept that you have to do mass education - and, to keep costs low and for a lot of other reasons, I think that's not an unreasonable conclusion - you have to systematize it.
- Email and Net abuse at work have become the number one reason why UK employees face the sack, according to a survey out today.
- Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
- Remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want someting. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.
- Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
- Although she enjoys the aesthetic value of wild flowers, her reason for encouraging their widespread growth is principally scientific.
- If the reform stuck to a market-based insurance system - so went the reasoning - access could be within reach of more people without causing disruptions to those benefiting from the status quo. Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights
- There are various classes of Secular Abbots; some have both jurisdiction and the right to use the pontifical insignia; others have only the abbatical dignity without either jurisdiction or the right to pontificalia; while yet another class holds in certain cathedral churches the first dignity and the privilege of precedence in choir and in assemblies, by reason of some suppressed or destroyed conventual church now become the cathedral. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
- I don't otherwise want to move: I have a large place in a convenient location with reasonable rent that allows pets, which isn't easy to find.
