reason
/ˈɹiːzən/ · rea·son
noun
- A cause The reason for the delay was unforeseen circumstances.
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction, and intuition Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.
- Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice The judge's decision was a reason for hope in the community.
verb
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational She tried to reason with her opponent to find a compromise.
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue He spent hours reasoning with his friends to change their minds.
- To converse; to compare opinions They spent the evening reasoning and debating with each other.
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Did you know? The phrase 'reason and rhyme' is a common English idiom, referring to the use of logic and poetic language to persuade or convince others.