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reason noun

  /ˈɹiːzən/
  • (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
 rede
  • That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
 oorzaak, reden, grond
  • 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.
 reden

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.
 redeneren

reasonable adjective

  /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bəl/ , /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl/ , [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl]
  • Not expensive; fairly priced.
 fatsoenlijk

reasonably adverb

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

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.
 redenering

reasonableness noun

  /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl.nəs/ , /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl.nəs/ , [ˈɹɪiz.nə.bəl.nəs]
  • (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
 gematigdheid
age of reason
jaren des onderscheids
voice of reason
stem van de rede
main reason
hoofdoorzaak
for the reason that
doordat
with good reason
terecht
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