Associations to the word «Reason»

Wiktionary

REASON, noun. A cause:
REASON, noun. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
REASON, noun. A motive for an action or a determination.
REASON, noun. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
REASON, noun. (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it; the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
REASON, noun. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
REASON, noun. (mathematics) (obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
REASON, verb. (intransitive) 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.
REASON, verb. (intransitive) 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.
REASON, verb. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
REASON, verb. (transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
REASON, verb. (transitive) (rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
REASON, verb. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
REASON, verb. (transitive) (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
REASON, verb. (transitive) (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

Dictionary definition

REASON, noun. A rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration".
REASON, noun. 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, noun. 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, noun. 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, noun. A justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice".
REASON, noun. A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying".
REASON, verb. Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house".
REASON, verb. Present reasons and arguments.
REASON, verb. Think logically; "The children must learn to reason".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.