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reason

გამოთქმა: /ˈriːz(ə)n/

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Universal
  • 1a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event:she asked him to return, but didn’t give a reason I resigned for personal reasons [with clause]:Giles is the reason that I am here
  • [mass noun] 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 when given after the conclusion.
  • 2 [mass noun] the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgements logically:there is a close connection between reason and emotion
  • what is right, practical, or possible; common sense:people are willing, within reason, to pay for schooling
  • (one's reason) one’s sanity:she is in danger of losing her reason

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Universal
  • think, understand, and form judgements logically:humans do not reason entirely from facts
  • [with object] (reason something out) find an answer to a problem by considering possible options: she was growing too sleepy to reason it out
  • (reason with) persuade (someone) with rational argument:I tried to reason with her, but without success

beyond (all) reason

to a foolishly excessive degree:he indulged Andrew beyond all reason

by reason of

formal because of:persons who, by reason of age, are in need of care

for some reason

used to convey that one does not know the reason for a particular situation, often with the implication that one finds it strange or surprising:for some reason he likes you

listen to reason

be persuaded to act sensibly: he’s too emotionally overwrought to listen to reason

theirs (or ours) not to reason why

used to suggest that it is not someone’s (or one’s) place to question a situation: to be a Met Assistant you didn’t have to understand the weather, only to record—ours not to reason why
[with allusion to Tennyson's ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ (1854)]

reason of state

another term for raison d'état.

(it) stands to reason

it is obvious or logical:it stands to reason that if you can eradicate the fear the nervousness will subside

reasoner

noun

reasonless

adjective ( archaic)

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