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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "reason"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

a rational motive or cause for a belief, decision, or action

reason definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was no reason to doubt her statement.
02

āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

something that explains an action or event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lack of evidence cast doubt on the reason for his sudden disappearance.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻš āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•

the mind's power to understand or think logically
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The philosopher emphasized the importance of reason in ethical discussions.
āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāύāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ-āĻāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

the quality of having sound judgment, good sense, or prudence

01

āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to present justifications or explanations for a particular idea, decision, conclusion, etc.
Transitive: to reason that
to reason definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective reasoned that the suspect could n't have committed the crime due to an airtight alibi.
āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϟāĻžāχāϟ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
02

āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to think rationally and make good judgement
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When faced with uncertainty, he reasons carefully before making a decision.
āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

reasonable
reasonless
unreason
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