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reason noun

  /ˈɹiːzən/
  • That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
 Grund, Ursache
  • (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
 Verstand, Vernunft, Intellekt
  • 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.
 Grund

reason verb

  /ˈɹiːzən/
  • (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
  • (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
 schlussfolgern

reasonable adjective

  /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bəl/ , /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl/ , [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl]
  • Satisfactory.
 vernünftig, anständig
  • Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
 vernünftig
  • Not expensive; fairly priced.
 anständig, vernünftig
  • Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
 angemessen

reasonably adverb

  /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/ , /ˈɹiːz.nə.bli/
  • Quite; fairly; satisfactorily.
 einigermaßen
  • Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.
 halbwegs
  • In accordance with reason.
 vernünftig

reasoning noun

  /ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/
  • (uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
 Argumentation

reasonableness noun

  /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/ , /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl.nəs/ , [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]
  • (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
 Vernünftigkeit
stand to reason
naheliegen
by reason of
auf Grund
standing to reason
naheliegend
rhyme or reason
Sinn und Verstand
for some reason
aus irgendeinem Grund, irgendwie
for that reason
deshalb
for this reason
deshalb
with good reason
mit Recht
adverb of reason
Kausaladverb
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