| NOUN | motive | reason, ground | a rational motive for a belief or action |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | reason | an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon | |
| cognition | reason, understanding, intellect | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | |
| state | reason, rationality, reasonableness | the state of having good sense and sound judgment | |
| communication | reason, cause, grounds | a justification for something existing or happening | |
| cognition | reason | a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion | |
| VERB | cognition | reason, reason out, conclude | decide by reasoning |
| communication | reason, argue | present reasons and arguments | |
| cognition | reason | think logically |
| Sounds | riy'zahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A rational motive for a belief or action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the reason that war was declared" | |
| Synonym | ground | |
| Narrower | occasion | reason |
| score, account | grounds | |
| why, wherefore | The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase 'the whys and wherefores' | |
| Broader | rational motive | A motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument |
| Spanish | causa, razón | |
| Catalan | raó | |
| Verbs | reason | decide by reasoning |
| Meaning | An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" | |
| Broader | explanation, account | A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
| Spanish | porqué, razón | |
| Catalan | perquè, raó | |
| Meaning | The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" | |
| Synonyms | understanding, intellect | |
| Broader | faculty, mental faculty, module | One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind |
| Spanish | entendimiento, intelecto, inteligencia, razón | |
| Catalan | enteniment, intel·lecte, intel·ligència, raó | |
| Verbs | reason | think logically |
| reason | decide by reasoning | |
| reason | present reasons and arguments | |
| Meaning | The state of having good sense and sound judgment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" | |
| Synonyms | rationality, reasonableness | |
| Broader | sanity, saneness | normal or sound powers of mind |
| Spanish | racionalidad, sensatez | |
| Catalan | racionalitat, sensatesa | |
| Verbs | reason | decide by reasoning |
| reason | present reasons and arguments | |
| Meaning | A justification for something existing or happening. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they had good reason to rejoice" | |
| Synonyms | cause, grounds | |
| Broader | justification | A statement in explanation of some action or belief |
| Spanish | causa, fundamento, motivo, razón | |
| Catalan | causa, motiu, raó | |
| Meaning | A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there is reason to believe he is lying" | |
| Narrower | contraindication | (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment |
| indication | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure | |
| Broader | fact | A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred |
| Spanish | razón | |
| Catalan | raó | |
| Meaning | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They reason that there was a traffic accident | |
| Example | "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" | |
| Synonyms | reason out, conclude | |
| Narrower | deduce, infer, deduct, derive | reason by deduction |
| deduce, infer | conclude by reasoning | |
| find, feel | Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | |
| gather | conclude from evidence | |
| generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer | Draw from specific cases for more general cases | |
| induce | reason or establish by induction | |
| syllogize, syllogise | reason by syllogisms | |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
| Spanish | concluir, inferir, razonar | |
| Catalan | concloure, decidir, raonar | |
| Nouns | reason | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination |
| reason | a rational motive for a belief or action | |
| reason | the state of having good sense and sound judgment | |
| reasoner | someone who reasons logically | |
| Meaning | Present reasons and arguments. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | Sam wants to reason with Sue; Sam and Sue reason | |
| Synonym | argue | |
| Narrower | defend, support, fend for | argue or speak in defense / defense of |
| expostulate | reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion | |
| re-argue | argue again | |
| Broader | present, represent, lay out | bring forward and present to the mind |
| Spanish | argüir, argumentar, razonar | |
| Catalan | argüir, argumentar | |
| Nouns | reason | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination |
| reason | the state of having good sense and sound judgment | |
| reasoner | someone who reasons logically | |
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