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reason

reason (third-person singular simple present reasons, present participle reasoning, simple past and past participle reasoned)

1. (intransitive) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
2. (intransitive) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
3. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
4. (transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.

   I reasoned the matter with my friend.

5. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
6. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.

   to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan

7. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.

   to reason down a passion

8. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

   to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon

reason (plural reasons)

1. a cause:
   1. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.

      The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.

      Unless you have a good reason for being here, I suggest you leave now.

      • 1996, Daniel Clement Dennett, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, page 198,

        There is a reason why so many should be symmetrical: The selective advantage in a symmetrical complex is enjoyed by all the subunits…

   2. A motive for an action or a determination.

      The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.

      If you dont give me a reason to go with you, I wont.

      • 1806, Anonymous, Select Notes to Book XXI, in, Alexander Pope, translator, The Odyssey of Homer, volume 6, London, F.J. du Roveray, page 37,

        This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions.

      • 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, chapter 10,

        Ralph Touchett, for reasons best known to himself, had seen fit to say that Gilbert Osmond was not a good fellow….

   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.
      • 1966, Graham Greene, The Comedians, Penguin Classics edition, ISBN 0140184945, page 14,

        I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.

   4. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion

Definizione dizionario reason

	ragione
	faculty of capacity of the human mind
	due exercise of the reasoning faculty
	cause
	A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.

	ragionare
	carry on a process of deduction or of induction
	exercise the rational faculty

	causa
	cause

	motivo
	cause

	argomentare
	carry on a process of deduction or of induction

	intelletto
	La capacità di pensare in modo razionale.
	The ability for rational thought.

argomento

comprensione

considerazione

convincere

discutere

esaminare

giudizio

idea

incidente

meditazione

memoria

motivazione

movente

opinione

pensare

per causa di

perché

pretesto

ragionamento

ragionevolezza

riflettere

saggezza

senso

significato

verità

Altri significati:

(transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.

(obsolete) something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.

(intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.

(transitive, usually with '''out''' ) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

(obsolete) due exercise of the reasoning faculty

(transitive, with '''down''' ) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.

(uncountable) rational thinking (or the capacity for it; the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition; (roughly)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard

(a) reason

(transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.

(intransitive) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.

(intransitive) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

A justification for something existing or happening.

a cause:

(mathematics, obsolete) ratio; proportion.

(transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.

To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.