reason
🇺🇸
/ˈriːzn/
🇬🇧
/ˈriːzn/
noun
A1
why something happens or why someone does something
There is a good reason for these rules.
B2
a good cause that makes something right or fair
They have reason to think she is not telling the truth.
B2
the ability to think and understand logically
Only humans have the power of reason.
B2
what is sensible or fair
Keith seems willing to listen to reason.
verb
R
to think about facts and come to a conclusion
She reasoned that she must have forgotten her bag on the train.
R
to use your mind to think and understand
The ability to reason is what makes us human.
translation
why something happens or why someone does something; a good cause that makes something right or fair; the ability to think and understand logically; what is sensible or fair
to think about facts and come to a conclusion; to use your mind to think and understand
Word Forms
Plural
reasons
Progressive
reasoning
Past
reasoned
3rd Present
reasons
Perfect
reasoned