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reason start learning		´´
noun start learning		´´
1; ‘he cited a lack of funds as the main reason for his decision’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
cause, grounds, ground, basis, rationale start learning		´´
motive, motivation, purpose, point, aim, intention, objective, goal, occasion, impetus, inducement, incentive start learning		´´
explanation, justification, case, argument, defence, apology, vindication, excuse, pretext, rationalization start learning		´´
warrant start learning		´´
the whys and wherefores start learning		´´
apologia start learning		´´
2; ‘a rising crescendo of postmodern voices today rail against reason and science’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
rationality, logic, logical thought, scientific thinking, reasoning, thought, cognition start learning		´´
the mind, intellect, intelligence, intellectuality start learning		´´
nous start learning		´´
rare: ratiocination start learning		´´
ANTONYMS start learning		´´
emotion, feeling start learning		´´
3; ‘he was afraid of losing his reason’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
sanity, mind, mental faculties, mental health, soundness of mind start learning		´´
senses, wits start learning		´´
informal marbles start learning		´´
4; ‘he continues, against reason, to love the woman passionately’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
good sense, good judgement, common sense, sense, judgement, understanding, wisdom, sagacity start learning		´´
reasonableness, moderation, propriety start learning		´´
practicality, practicability, advisability start learning		´´
verb start learning		´´
1; ‘such a child, left to himself, grows up unable to express himself and unable to reason’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
think rationally, think logically, think straight, use one's mind, use one's common sense, use one's head, use one's brain, think things through, cogitate start learning		´´
intellectualize start learning		´´
informal. put on one's thinking cap start learning		´´
rare: cerebrate, ratiocinate, logicize start learning		´´
2; ‘Scott reasoned that if Annabel were having a heart attack, she wouldn't be able to talk on the telephone’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
calculate, come to the conclusion, conclude, reckon, think, consider, be of the opinion, be of the view, judge, deduce, infer, surmise start learning		´´
North American informal. figure start learning		´´
3; ‘she was growing too tired to reason it out’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
work out, find an answer to, find an solution to, think through, come to a conclusion about, sort out, make sense of, get to the bottom of, puzzle out, solve start learning		´´
informal figure out start learning		´´
4; ‘ her husband tried to reason with her, but she refused to listen’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
talk round, bring round, win round, persuade, coax, prevail on, convince start learning		´´
show someone the error of their ways, make someone see the light start learning		´´
Phrases start learning		´´
by reason of start learning		´´
‘those incapable of supporting themselves by reason of age, infirmity, or disease’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
because of, on account of, as a result of, as a consequence of, owing to, due to, by virtue of, thanks to, through start learning		´´
with reason start learning		´´
‘he was anxious, with reason, about his own political survival’ start learning		´´
SYNONYMS start learning		´´
justifiably, justly, legitimately, rightly, properly, reasonably start learning		´´

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