Reason
31reason — n 1. basis, cause, ground, grounds, motive, warrant, occasion, Obs. skill; inducement, inspiration, impetus, incentive; mover, prime mover, agent; instigation, incitement, provocation; stimulation, actuation, fomentation. 2. justification,… …
32reason — n. & v. n. 1 a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason to be angry). 2 a fact adduced or serving as this (I can give you my reasons). 3 the intellectual faculty by which conclusions are drawn from… …
33reason — I. noun Etymology: Middle English resoun, from Anglo French raisun, from Latin ration , ratio reason, computation, from reri to calculate, think; probably akin to Gothic rathjo account, explanation Date: 13th century 1. a. a statement offered in… …
34reason — See cause, cause of. Reason appears in numerous trite expressions such as It stands to reason, theirs not to reason why, within reason, by reason of, bring someone to reason, and any reasonable person. Note that one word, because, can replace… …
35reason — /ˈrizən / (say reezuhn) noun 1. a ground or cause, as for a belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war. 2. a statement in justification or explanation of belief or action. 3. the mental powers concerned with drawing… …
36reason — {{11}}reason (n.) early 13c., statement in an argument, also intellectual faculty that adopts actions to ends, from Anglo Fr. resoun, O.Fr. raison, from L. rationem (nom. ratio) reckoning, understanding, motive, cause, from ratus, pp. of reri to… …
37reason — 01. What exactly were the [reasons] for you leaving your job? 02. The guy is crazy; you simply can t [reason] with him. 03. They were able to discuss their divorce calmly and [reasonably] until they came to the subject of the children. 04. There… …
38reason — The ability to think and draw conclusions. Cause; justification. Good sense; good judgment. Lawyers are copious in their encomiums on the reason of the common law. They tell us that the common law is the perfection of reason; that it always… …
39reason — See: IN REASON, LISTEN TO REASON, RHYME OR REASON, STAND TO REASON, WITHIN REASON …
40reason — See: IN REASON, LISTEN TO REASON, RHYME OR REASON, STAND TO REASON, WITHIN REASON …
