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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- reason :a rational motive for a belief or action
- the reason that war was declared|the grounds for their declaration
- reason :decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
- reason :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
- reason :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
- reason :think logically
- The children must learn to reason
- reason :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
- reason :a justification for something existing or happening
- he had no cause to complain|they had good reason to rejoice
- reason :a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- there is reason to believe he is lying