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Words related to reason

Related / Similar Words: understanding, intellect, cause, grounds, ground, rationality, reasonableness, reason out, conclude, argue

Definition:

the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil";

a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying";

an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly";

a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice";

a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration";

the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions";

think logically; "The children must learn to reason";

decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house";

present reasons and arguments;

Hyponyms: indication, contraindication, occasion, score, account, why, wherefore, rationalize away, rationalise away, theorize, ratiocinate, calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure, categorize, categorise, speculate, induce, deduce, infer, deduct, derive, syllogize, syllogise, find, feel, gather, generalize, generalise, extrapolate, re-argue, expostulate, defend, support, fend for

Derivational Morphology: argue, reason out, conclude, cause, do, make, induce, stimulate, have, get, establish, base, ground, found, understanding, intellect, reasoner, ratiocinator, reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought, decision, determination, conclusion, rationality, reasonableness, argument, argumentation, debate, logical argument, line of reasoning, line, debater, arguer

Anagrams: Senora

Language Translations:
Albanian: arsye		Catalan: raó
Chinese: 理致 and 原因		Danish: fornuft and grund
Dutch: oorzaak and reden		Finnish: järki and syy
French: cause and raison		German: Ursache and Verstand
Hungarian: értelem and ok		Italian: causa and ragione
Japanese: 思慮		Korean: 이성 and 이유
Norwegian: fornuft and grunn		Polish: powód and rozum
Portuguese: causa and razão		Russian: причина and разум
Spanish: causa and razón		Swedish: förstånd and orsak

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