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English noun: reason | |||
| 1. | reason (motive) a rational motive for a belief or action | ||
| Samples | The reason that war was declared. The grounds for their declaration. | ||
| Synonyms | ground | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rational motive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | account, occasion, score, wherefore, why | ||
| 2. | reason (communication) an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon | ||
| Samples | The reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | account, explanation | ||
| 3. | reason (cognition) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | ||
| Samples | We are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil. | ||
| Synonyms | intellect, understanding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | faculty, mental faculty, module | ||
| 4. | reason (state) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | ||
| Samples | His rationality may have been impaired. He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions. | ||
| Synonyms | rationality, reasonableness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | saneness, sanity | ||
| 5. | reason (communication) a justification for something existing or happening | ||
| Samples | He had no cause to complain. They had good reason to rejoice. | ||
| Synonyms | cause, grounds | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | justification | ||
| 6. | reason (cognition) a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion | ||
| Samples | There is reason to believe he is lying. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | contraindication, indication | ||
English verb: reason | |||
| 1. | reason (cognition) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | ||
| Samples | We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house. | ||
| Examples | They reason that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Synonyms | conclude, reason out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cerebrate, cogitate, think | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deduce, deduce, deduct, derive, extrapolate, feel, find, gather, generalise, generalize, induce, infer, infer, infer, syllogise, syllogize | ||
| 2. | reason (communication) present reasons and arguments | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue reason, Sam wants to reason with Sue | ||
| Synonyms | argue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay out, present, represent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | defend, expostulate, fend for, re-argue, support | ||
| 3. | reason (cognition) think logically | ||
| Samples | The children must learn to reason. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cerebrate, cogitate, think | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | calculate, categorise, categorize, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, ratiocinate, rationalise away, rationalize away, reckon, speculate, theorize, theorize, work out | ||
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