Meaning of reason | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wall plate.
2. A surname.
3. A cause:
   countable, uncountable
4. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
   countable, uncountable
5. reasoning
6. Because of.
7. A motive for an action or a determination.
   countable, uncountable
8. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
   countable, uncountable
9. correctness, rectitude, a point
10. With good sense or justification; reasonably.
11. A premise placed after its conclusion.
    countable, uncountable
12. ratio
13. Within the bounds of good sense or practicality.
14. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
    uncountable
15. rate
16. With good cause; justifiably.
17. Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
18. redelikheid مَعْقوليَّه смисленост moderação rozumnost die Verständigkeit rimelighed λογικότητα lo razonable; sensatez, juicio mõistlikkus خردمندی؛ معقول بودن kohtuullisuus caractère raisonnable הֶגיוֹנִיוּת औचित्य razboritost, prihvatljivost ésszerűség; inndokoltság keadaan masuk akal sanngirni ragionevolezza 道理 합리적임 protingumas, supratingumas []prātīgums munasabah redelijkheidrimelighet; fornuftighet sensowność, racjonalność معقوليت، واجب والى، وړوالى moderação caracter rezonabil благоразум...
19. Ratio; proportion.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
20. He behaved very reasonably; The car is reasonably priced; The meeting was reasonably well attended. redelik بصورةٍ مَعْقولَه разумно razoavelmente rozumně; přiměřeně vernünftig rimeligt λογικά razonablemente mõistlikult, arukalt به طور معقول؛ نسبتا järkevästi raisonnablement בְּאוֹפֶן סָבִיר समुचित relativno, opravdano ésszerűen; meglehetősen secara memuaskan af sanngirni ragionevolmente 適度に 합리적으로 protingai, supratingai, pakenčiamai []prātīgi; pieņemami secara munasabah redelijkfornuftig, rim...
21. the act or process of reaching a decision, conclusion etc. I don't understand his reasoning at all. redenasie تَفْكير، حُجَج وبراهين разсъждаване raciocínio uvažování die Argumentation ræsonnering συλλογισμόςrazonamiento põhjendus, arutlemine استدلال؛ دلیل järkeily raisonnementחשיבה, שיקול דעת तर्क-वितर्क umovanje, zaključivanje gondolkodás nalar röksemdafærsla ragionamento 論理 추론 과정 samprotavimas spriešana; domu gaita cara berfikir redeneringresonnering; resonnement, tankegang rozumowanie دلي...
    etc
22. to feel justified in (believing etc). I have (good) reason to think that he is lying. het rede om te glo لَدَيه سَبَبٌ مَعقول имам причина да смятам ter razões para mít důvod (věřit, myslet) Anlaß haben zu grund έχω κάθε λόγο να tener razones para (pensar, creer, etc.) on alust, on põhjus دلیل داشتن olla syytä avoir des raisons de (croire, penser, etc.) יֶש יְסוֹד לַהַשעֲרַה मानना imati razlog (za nešto) oka van vmire punya alasan hafa ástæðu til (að ætla) avere motivo di credere/pensare* ～の根...
    etc
23. it is obvious or logical. If you go to bed so late it stands to reason that you will be tired next morning. dis logies واضِح، منْطِقي أن логично е é evidente (que) je logické es leuchtet ein være klart είναι αυτονόητο, εύλογο, προφανές es evidente, es lógico iseenesest selge, loogiline منطقی بودن؛ عاقلانه بودن olla itsestään selvää il va de soi que זֶה הֶגיוֹנִי ש- तार्किक razumije se samo po sebi, zdrav razum kaže nyilvánvaló logis vera rökréttur (è ovvio che) 当然である 당연하다 savaime suprantama p...
24. to allow oneself to be persuaded to do something more sensible than what one was going to do; to pay attention to common sense. luister na gesonde verstand يُصْغي لِصَوْت العَقْل، يُصْغي إلى الصَّواب вслушвам се в разумни съвети ouvir a voz da razão uznat důvody Vernunft annehmen tage imod fornuft ακούω τη φωνή της λογικής atender a razones mõistuse juurde tulema, mõistlik olema به حرف حساب کسی گوش دادن kuunnella järkipuhetta entendre raison לשמוע לְקוֹל הַהִיגָיוֹן तर्क मानना poslušati savje...

Equivalents

Examples

“The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.”

“There is a reason why so many should be symmetrical: The selective advantage in a symmetrical complex is enjoyed by all the subunits[…]”

“He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.”

“The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.”

“If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.”

“This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions.”

“Ralph Touchett, for reasons best known to himself, had seen fit to say that Gilbert Osmond was not a good fellow[…]”

“I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.”

“Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.”

“The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved - it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.”

“And the specific distinction between man and beast is now, strictly speaking, no longer reason (the lumen naturale of the human animal) but science[…]”

“The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.”

“16th century Edmund Spenser, Lines on his Promised Pension I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.”

“[I]f two Quantities repreſented by the Numbers 20 and 4 be compared, by dividing the Antecedent 20 by the Conſequent 4, the Quotient is 5; but inverting the Terms, by dividing 4 by 20 the Quotient is #92;tfrac#123;4#125;#123;20#125;#61;#92;tfrac#123;1#125;#123;5#125;. By which Quotients are declared the Geometrical Reaſons of the propoſed Quantities, becauſe if the Quotient found be multiplied by the Conſequent, the Product is equal to the Antecedent; for in the former Compariſon 5#92;times4#61;20, in the latter #92;tfrac#123;1#125;#123;5#125;#92;times20#61;4; as Things again are referred to Equality.”

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