Examples: the reason that war was declared the grounds for their declaration
Examples: the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly
Examples: we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
Examples: his rationality may have been impaired he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
Examples: he had no cause to complain they had good reason to rejoice
Examples: there is reason to believe he is lying
Examples: We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
Examples: The children must learn to reason
reason (English)└── raisun (Anglo-Norman) ├── raison (Old French (842-ca. 1400)) └── rationem (Latin)
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