Reason - English meaning

verb

Point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.

Usage examples:

Aim the camcorder at some suitable object

noun

A purpose or intention; a desired outcome.

Usage examples:

Our primary aim is to achieve financial discipline

abbreviation

Alternative investment market (a subsidiary market of the london stock exchange that allows small companies to be traded without the expense of a full market listing).

noun

A regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure.

Usage examples:

We owe you an apology

noun

An act of saying that you are sorry

Usage examples:

I have an apology to make to you – i opened your letter by mistake., he owes me an apology (= he sh…

noun

The act of saying sorry or a message that says sorry

Usage examples:

An apology and a refund are being sent to the customer., issue/make an apology the hotel has issued…

noun

An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.

Usage examples:

I've had an argument with my father

noun

The underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process.

Usage examples:

Trust is the only basis for a good working relationship

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A particular situation or example of something

Usage examples:

We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

noun

A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

Usage examples:

The cause of the accident is not clear

verb

Make (something, especially something bad) happen.

Usage examples:

This disease can cause blindness

conjunction

Short for because.

abbreviation

Church of england.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 58, a silvery-white metal. it is the most abundant of the lanthanide elements and is the main component of the alloy misch metal.

The chemical element cerium.

verb

Think deeply about something; meditate or reflect.

Usage examples:

He stroked his beard and retired to cogitate

verb

To spend time thinking very carefully about a subject

noun

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Usage examples:

These infections can adversely affect cognition and educational achievement

noun

The use of conscious mental processes

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A book on human learning, memory, and cognition

noun

The action of defending from or resisting attack.

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Methods of defence against this kind of attack

noun

An argument or explanation which you use to prove that you are not guilty of something

Usage examples:

Now he says he's done nothing wrong, and i assume that will be his defence in court., a defense att…

noun

A statement or account that makes something clear.

Usage examples:

The birth rate is central to any explanation of population trends

noun

The details or other information that someone gives to make something clear or easy to understand

Usage examples:

[ c ] she gave a detailed explanation of the administration’s health-care proposal., [ c ] he had n…

noun

(in soccer, rugby, hockey, and some other games) a pair of posts linked by a crossbar and typically with a net between, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score.

Usage examples:

Mr foxley said there were still some problems with organising the event including installing a set …

noun

The solid surface of the earth.

Usage examples:

He lay on the ground

verb

Short for ground bass.

adjective

Past and past participle of grind.

noun

The solid surface of the earth.

Usage examples:

He lay on the ground

verb

Short for ground bass.

adjective

Reduced to fine particles by crushing or mincing.

Usage examples:

Ground cumin

noun

The force or energy with which a body moves.

Usage examples:

Hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus

noun

A force that encourages a particular action or makes it more energetic or effective

Usage examples:

Often the impetus for change in education has had to come from outside the school establishment.

noun

A thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Give farmers an incentive to improve their land

noun

Something that encourages a person to do something

Usage examples:

[ c ] tax incentives are sometimes effective in encouraging people to save money., [ u ] these kids…

noun

Something, especially money, that encourages a person or organization to do something

Usage examples:

Financial/fiscal/monetary incentive cash grants were part of the financial incentives given to deve…

noun

A thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.

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Companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements

noun

An act or a thing that is intended to make something happen or to persuade someone to do something

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Inducement (for sb) to do sth they offered him a large pay increase as an inducement for him to sta…

noun

The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.

Usage examples:

He was a man of action rather than of intellect

noun

A person’s ability to think and understand esp. ideas at a high level

Usage examples:

[ c ] the stroke left her partially paralyzed, but her intellect was not affected.

verb

Give an intellectual character to.

Usage examples:

Belief was a gut feeling—it couldn't be intellectualized

verb

To think about or discuss a subject in a detailed and intellectual way, without involving your emotions or feelings

Usage examples:

She couldn't stand all that pointless intellectualizing about subjects that just didn't matter.

noun

The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Usage examples:

An eminent man of great intelligence

noun

The ability to understand and learn well, and to form judgments and opinions based on reason

Usage examples:

He’s a child of normal intelligence but he’s emotionally immature., foreign intelligence

noun

The ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily

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Her high intelligence, ability and drive were evident from the start., people questioned the intell…

noun

A thing intended; an aim or plan.

Usage examples:

She was full of good intentions

noun

Something that you want and plan to do; an aim

Usage examples:

[ u ] i have no intention of selling this house., [ c ] he had good intentions (= he meant to be ki…

noun

The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.

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The justification of revolutionary action

noun

A good reason or explanation for something

Usage examples:

There is no justification for treating people so badly., it can be said, with some justification, t…

noun

Reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.

Usage examples:

Experience is a better guide to this than deductive logic

combining form

Equivalent to -logical (as in pharmacologic ).

noun

A particular way of thinking, esp. one that is reasonable and based on good judgment

Usage examples:

I fail to see the logic of your argument.

noun

A reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.

Usage examples:

Escape can be a strong motivation for travel

noun

Willingness to do something, or something that causes such willingness

Usage examples:

[ c ] one motivation for reducing the staff was the need to cut costs., [ u ] you need a lot of mot…

noun

Enthusiasm for doing something

Usage examples:

Many staff lack motivation and are resistant to change., a motivation for sth a major motivation fo…

noun

A reason for doing something.

Usage examples:

Police were unable to establish a motive for his murder

adjective

Producing physical or mechanical motion.

Usage examples:

The charge of gas is the motive force for every piston stroke

noun

A reason for doing something

Usage examples:

Does he have a motive for lying about where he was?, judy moved to florida because she likes it the…

noun

Common sense; practical intelligence.

Usage examples:

If he had any nous at all, he'd sell the film rights

adjective

(of a person or their judgement) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.

Usage examples:

Historians try to be objective and impartial

noun

A thing aimed at or sought; a goal.

Usage examples:

The system has achieved its objective

adjective

Not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings; fair or real

Usage examples:

An objective opinion, long-term objectives, his main objective this semester is to improve his grad…

noun

A particular event, or the time at which it takes place.

Usage examples:

On one occasion i stayed up until two in the morning

verb

Cause (something).

Usage examples:

Something vital must have occasioned this visit

noun

A particular time when something happens

Usage examples:

Sarah loves dressing up for special occasions., she has lied on several occasions., this meeting pr…

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

Usage examples:

The purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee

verb

Have as one's intention or objective.

Usage examples:

God has allowed suffering, even purposed it

noun

The process of making judgments about something based on sensible thinking or logic (= a formal scientific method of thinking about ideas)

Usage examples:

Aquinas takes a rather dim view of discursive reason or ratiocination as compared to sheer understa…

noun

A set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief.

Usage examples:

He explained the rationale behind the change

noun

The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

Usage examples:

Like any phobia, rationality plays only a small role

noun

The existence of reasons or intentions for a particular set of thoughts or actions; reason

Usage examples:

You have too much faith in rationality (= reason).

noun

The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

Usage examples:

He explained the reasoning behind his decision at a media conference

verb

Think, understand, and form judgements logically.

Usage examples:

Humans do not reason entirely from facts

noun

An idea or opinion produced by thinking, or occurring suddenly in the mind.

Usage examples:

Maggie had a sudden thought

verb

Past and past participle of think.

verb

Have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something.

Usage examples:

She thought that nothing would be the same again