reason+(noun)

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• reason — ► NOUN 1) a cause, explanation, or justification. 2) good or obvious cause to do something: we have reason to celebrate. 3) the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgements logically. 4) (one s reason) one s sanity. 5) what is… …   English terms dictionary

• Noun class — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality Focus …   Wikipedia

• REASON — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index reason noun argument, assumption, calculation, deduction, logic, reason, sense adjective logical (2), sane, sound2 verb …   English dictionary for students

• reason — rea·son n 1: an underlying ground, justification, purpose, motive, or inducement required to provide reason s for the termination in writing 2 a: the faculty of comprehending, inferring, or distinguishing esp. in a fair and orderly way b: the… …   Law 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 — • Article discussing various definitions of the term Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Reason     Reason     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• reason — 1. noun 1) the main reason for his decision Syn: cause, ground(s), basis, rationale; motive, motivation, purpose, point, aim, intention, objective, goal; explanation, justification, argument, defense, vindication …   Thesaurus of popular words

• reason — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• reason — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 cause/motive/justification; explanation of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ cogent, good, sound, strong ▪ compelling, convincing ▪ plausible …   Collocations dictionary

• reason — rea|son1 [ rizn ] noun *** 1. ) count a fact, situation, or intention that explains why something happened, why someone did something, or why something is true: reason for: The police asked her the reason for her visit. reason for doing something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• reason — 1 / ri:zFn/ noun 1 CAUSE (C) the cause or explanation for something that has happened or that someone has done: The reason I bought one was that it was so cheap. | reason (that): The only reason I went was that I wanted to meet your friends. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English