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Reason

/ˈɹiːzən/

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📖 Definitions of "Reason"

noun
  1. 1

    A cause:

  2. 2

    Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

    "Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues."

  3. 3

    Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.

  4. 4

    Ratio; proportion.

verb
  1. 1

    To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational

  2. 2

    To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.

  3. 3

    To converse; to compare opinions.

  4. 4

    To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.

    "I reasoned the matter with my friend."

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