reason, n.
(reasons)
freq. cnt. 110
(reasons)
freq. cnt. 110
a rational motive for a belief or action
<noun.motive> freq. cnt.: 87 freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 11
ground reason
sample sentences
"the reason that war was declared""the grounds for their declaration"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 29
reason
sample sentences
"the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
intellect reason understanding
sample sentences
"we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a justification for something existing or happening
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
cause grounds reason
sample sentences
"he had no cause to complain""they had good reason to rejoice"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the state of having good sense and sound judgment
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
rationality reason reasonableness
sample sentences
"his rationality may have been impaired""he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
<noun.cognition>
reason