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• Reason (software) — Reason Reason 4 on Microsoft Windows 7 …   Wikipedia

• Reason — involves the ability to think, understand and draw conclusions in an abstract way, as in human thinking. The meaning of the word reason overlaps to a large extent with rationality and the adjective of reason in philosophical contexts is normally… …   Wikipedia

• reason — n 1 Reason, ground, argument, proof are comparable when they mean a point or series of points offered or capable of being offered in support of something questioned or disputed. Reason usually implies the need of justification, either to oneself… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Reason, Age of — • The name given to that period of human life at which persons are deemed to begin to be morally responsible Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• reason — I UK [ˈriːz(ə)n] / US [ˈrɪz(ə)n] noun Word forms reason : singular reason plural reasons *** Get it right: reason: After reason, use the preposition for, not of: Wrong: The main reason of poverty is unemployment. Right: The main reason for… …   English dictionary

• reason — noun 1》 a cause, explanation, or justification.     ↘good or obvious cause to do something: we have reason to celebrate.     ↘Logic a premise of an argument in support of a belief, especially a minor premise given after the conclusion. 2》 the… …   English new terms dictionary

• reason — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• reason — 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… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Given — Give Give (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Reason — This interesting surname is of Old French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and is an example of the sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. The… …   Surnames reference

• reason [13] Reason, together with rational, — represent in English the ‘thinking’ aspects of the Latin verb rērī (it also meant ‘calculate’, and in that guise has given English rate, ration, etc). From it was derived the noun ratiō ‘thinking, calculation’ (source of English ratio and the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins