DICTOMETER

REASON

(reason, causa, cordura, motivo, razonar, razón, begrunnelse, fornuft, grunn, resonnere, årsak)

1. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • a rational motive for a belief or action
   Examples:
   • The reason that war was declared
   • The grounds for their declaration
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   Definitions:
   • an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
   Examples:
   • The reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   • Understanding
   • Intellect
   Definitions:
   • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
   Examples:
   • We are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Rationality
   • Reason
   • Reasonableness
   Definitions:
   • the state of having good sense and sound judgment
   Examples:
   • His rationality may have been impaired
   • He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Cause
   • Reason
   • Grounds
   Definitions:
   • a justification for something existing or happening
   Examples:
   • He had no cause to complain
   • They had good reason to rejoice
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   Definitions:
   • a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
   Examples:
   • There is reason to believe he is lying
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   • Reason out
   • Conclude
   Definitions:
   • decide by reasoning
   • draw or come to a conclusion
   Examples:
   • We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Argue
   • Reason
   Definitions:
   • present reasons and arguments
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Reason
   Definitions:
   • think logically
   Examples:
   • The children must learn to reason