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reason  

EN[ˈɹiːzən]
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  • La raison est généralement considérée comme une faculté propre de l'esprit humain dont la mise en œu
  • Par suite, on peut distinguer, au point de vue des normes rationnelles :
  • la raison comme un ensemble de principes directeurs de la connaissance ou de l'action ;
reason
  • NomPLreasonsPREré-SUF-son
    1. A cause.
      1. The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted. ‎
      2. The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money. ‎
      3. If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't. ‎
      4. I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.
    2. NU Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
      1. Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues. ‎
    3. OBS Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
      1. (mathematics) OBS Ratio; proportion.
      2. VerbeSGreasonsPRreasoningPT, PPreasoned
        1. VI To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
          1. VI Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
            1. VI To converse; to compare opinions.
              1. VT To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
                1. I reasoned the matter with my friend.
              2. VT (rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
                1. VT To persuade by reasoning or argument.
                  1. to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan
                2. VT (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
                  1. to reason down a passion
                3. VT (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
                  1. to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon
              3. Plus d'exemples
                1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
                  • If nobody asked the question yet, then it stands to reason that nobody has tried answering.
                  • 'Feede your eyes (quod you) the reason from my wisdom swarveth, / I stared on you both, and yet my belly starveth.' (Edwards, Damon and Pythias, 1571)
                  • The reason we lost the match is due to the goalkeeper stuffing up
                2. Utilisé au début de la phrase
                  • Reason away, but the test of time will prove me right.
                3. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
                  • Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
                  • the relatives who had been helping slipped away as I grew older, attriting for various reasons that all amounted to the same reason.
                  • Samoza has a long list of people who are personas non grata, and Figures suspects that I cannot get a visa to get into the country for this reason.

              Meaning of reason for the defined word.

              Grammaticalement, ce mot "reason" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable et un singularia tantum. C'est aussi un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un verbes intransitif et un verbes transitif.
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                1. Noms
                  • Noms Dénombrable
                    • Singularia tantum
                      • Noms Indénombrable
                    • Verbes
                      • Verbes intransitifs
                        • Verbes transitifs
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                      Liens Connexes:
                      1. en reasons
                      2. en reasonable
                      3. en reasoning
                      4. en reasonably
                      5. en reasoned
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