reason
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Definition
noun (English)
1. A cause:Synonyms: occasioncountableuncountable
2. (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.Examples: "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[…]"uncountable
3. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.Examples: "16th century Edmund Spenser, Lines on his Promised Pension I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme."countableobsoleteuncountable
4. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.Examples: "[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."countableobsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.Examples: ""I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data. […]""intransitive
2. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.Examples: "Still my spirit was not broken. I indulged the anticipation of escape, and that speedily. It was impossible, I reasoned, that men could be so unjust as to detain me as a slave, when the truth of my case was known."; "“All right, Dad – I did follow you. But only because I was worried about you.” “Worried about me? I was worried about you! Hanging on to the roof of a speeding car! Are you nuts?” “It wasn’t moving when I climbed on to it,” reasoned the boy."intransitive
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions.intransitiveobsolete
4. (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.Examples: "I reasoned the matter with my friend."; "The talk was mainly between Aleck and Murdie, the others crowding eagerly about and putting in a word as they could. Murdie was reasoning good-humoredly, Aleck replying fiercely."ambitransitive
5. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.raretransitive
6. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.Examples: "to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan"; "That she was not immediately ready, Emma did suspect to arise from the state of her nerves; she had not yet possessed the instrument long enough to touch it without emotion; she must reason herself into the power of performance; and Emma could not but pity such feelings, whatever their origin, and could not but resolve never to expose them to her neighbour again."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary