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Reason

noun
1.
A rational motive for a belief or action.  Synonym: ground.  "The grounds for their declaration"
2.
An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.
3.
The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.  Synonyms: intellect, understanding.
4.
The state of having good sense and sound judgment.  Synonyms: rationality, reasonableness.  "He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
5.
A justification for something existing or happening.  Synonyms: cause, grounds.  "They had good reason to rejoice"
6.
A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.
verb
(past & past part. reasoned; pres. part. reasoning)
1.
Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.  Synonyms: conclude, reason out.
2.
Present reasons and arguments.  Synonym: argue.
3.
Think logically.



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"Reason" Quotes from Famous Books



... her back. She now anticipated the reason of her companion's coming. She glanced over the top of a pair of gold pince-nez, which she had just settled comfortably upon the bridge ...
— The Story of the Foss River Ranch • Ridgwell Cullum
... dissolving of one Parliament and the convoking of another. But, when three years had elapsed after the dissolution of the Parliament which sate at Oxford, no writs were issued for an election. This infraction of the constitution was the more reprehensible, because the King had little reason to fear a meeting with a new House of Commons. The counties were generally on his side; and many boroughs in which the Whigs had lately held sway had been so remodelled that they were certain to return ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... career—the award of the Albert Medal. As it came only two or three months after the report on the Mersey, it was undoubtedly due to that as its immediate cause, although the Jetties were almost specifically named as the reason for this honor,—and Eads had not by any means lacked even earlier appreciation in England. Three years before, at a meeting of the British Association, he had been urged, nay pressed, to deliver an impromptu address on his works, ...
— James B. Eads • Louis How
... an obvious reason, or apology, in what his biographer states, as "the humble origin of his Grammar;" and it is such a reason as will go to confirm what I allege. This famous compilation was produced at the request ...
— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown
... the reason. If I am so unfortunate as to lose my gold watch, I will buy another. The fact is, I have bought this silver ...
— Do and Dare - A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr.


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