- [uncountable] a way of thinking or explaining something
- I fail to see the logic behind his argument.
- The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic.
Extra Examples- I can't follow the logic of what you are saying.
- In their faulty logic, this is a great injustice.
- What kind of twisted logic is that?
- You can't use the same logic in dealing with children.
- They questioned the logic underlying his actions.
- The music has its own inner logic.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- impeccable
- inexorable
- …
- accept
- follow
- see
- …
- logic behind
- logic in
- logic of
- …
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- [uncountable, singular] sensible reasons for doing something
- Linking the proposals in a single package did have a certain logic.
- a strategy based on sound commercial logic
- logic to/in something There is no logic in any of their claims.
Extra Examples- It's a stupid decision that completely defies logic.
- There doesn't seem to be any logic in the move.
- The plan had a simple logic to it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- impeccable
- inexorable
- …
- accept
- follow
- see
- …
- logic behind
- logic in
- logic of
- …
- [uncountable] (philosophy) the science of thinking about or explaining the reason for something using formal methods
- the rules of logic
- Philosophers use logic to prove their arguments.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- formal
- mathematical
- deductive
- …
- apply
- use
- [uncountable] (computing) a system or set of principles used in preparing a computer or electronic device to perform a particular taskTopics Computersc2
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French logique and late Latin logica from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’.
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