reason
/ˈɹiːzən/
That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause; A motive for an action or a determination; 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
- plural
- reasons
Meanings
- 1
That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause — A cause
No one knows the reason.
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Do you know the reason?
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- 2
A motive for an action or a determination — A cause
- 3
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 — A cause
- 4
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition
- 5
Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice
- 6
A premise placed after its conclusion — A causerare
- 7
Ratio; proportionrare
- 8
A wall platerare