reason

Etymology
From, , from , from , from , past participle of , ultimately from , reanalysed root of. .

Noun

 * 1) A cause:
 * 2) That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
 * 3) A motive for an action or a determination.
 * 4) * 1806, Anonymous, Select Notes to Book XXI, in,, translator, The of , 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.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  A premise placed after its conclusion.
 * 3)  Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
 * 4)  Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
 * 5) * 16th century, Lines on his Promised Pension
 * I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.
 * 1)  Ratio; proportion.
 * 1)  A premise placed after its conclusion.
 * 2)  Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
 * 3)  Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
 * 4) * 16th century, Lines on his Promised Pension
 * I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.
 * 1)  Ratio; proportion.
 * 1)  Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
 * 2) * 16th century, Lines on his Promised Pension
 * I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.
 * 1)  Ratio; proportion.

Translations

 * Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕊𐔰𐕙
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: سَبَب
 * Egyptian Arabic: سبب
 * South Levantine Arabic: سبب
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: কাৰণ
 * Avar: сабаб
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: сәбәп
 * Basque: arrazoi
 * Belarusian: прычы́на
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Cebuano: rason
 * Chichewa: chifukwa
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 理由, 原因
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: sebep
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მიზეზი, საბაბი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αἰτία
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:, fáth
 * Old Irish: accuis, adbar
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: sangkan
 * Kazakh: себеп
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean:, 리유(理由) ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: cēlonis
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: при́чина
 * Malay:, alasan
 * Malayalam:, -കൊണ്ട്
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: intinga
 * Paicî: mäjoro
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра́злог, у̀зрок
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: príčina, dôvod
 * Slovene: vzrok,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: rason
 * Tajik:, далел
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: sebäp
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:, سَبَب, باعِث
 * Uyghur: سەۋەب
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 理由, 道理, 原因
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მიზეზი, საბაბი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αἰτία
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:, fáth
 * Old Irish: adbar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Slovak: dôvod
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Venetian: motivo


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: ра́цыя
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:, fáth
 * Old Irish: adbar
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: dôvod
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, до́від
 * Venetian: scuxa


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Bashkir: аҡыл
 * Belarusian: ро́зум
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fornuft
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: racieco
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: reson
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გონება
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: λογισμός
 * Haitian Creole: rezon
 * Hebrew: היגיון
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: tolkku
 * Irish: réasún
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: ақыл-парасат
 * Korean: ,
 * Ladin: rejon
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: saprāts
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: разоумъ
 * Old French: reson, raison
 * Ottoman Turkish: هوش, ادراك, عقل
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра̏зӯм
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: rozum
 * Slovene: rázum
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Venetian: raxon,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Belarusian: слу́шнасць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * Albanian:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Albanian: ,
 * Dalmatian:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Friulian:
 * Georgian:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Urdu: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
 * 2)  To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
 * 3)  To converse; to compare opinions.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  To support with reasons, as a request.
 * 2)  To persuade by reasoning or argument.
 * 3)  To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
 * to reason down a passion
 * 1)  To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
 * to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon
 * 1)  To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
 * to reason down a passion
 * 1)  To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
 * to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon
 * 1)  To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
 * to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon

Translations

 * Albanian: arësyetoj
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, overveje
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: uvažovať, usúdiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian: arësyetoj
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Danish: slutte
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: uvažovať, argumentovať
 * Swedish: slutleda


 * Catalan: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Hungarian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Romanian: (1),  (2)
 * Yiddish: (1),  (2)