reason
verb/ˈriːzn/
/ˈriːzn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they reason | /ˈriːzn/ /ˈriːzn/ |
| he / she / it reasons | /ˈriːznz/ /ˈriːznz/ |
| past simple reasoned | /ˈriːznd/ /ˈriːznd/ |
| past participle reasoned | /ˈriːznd/ /ˈriːznd/ |
| -ing form reasoning | /ˈriːznɪŋ/ /ˈriːznɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] reason (that…) | + speech to form a judgement about a situation by considering the facts and using your power to think in a logical way
- She reasoned that she must have left her bag on the train.
- They couldn't fire him, he reasoned. He was the only one who knew how the system worked.
- They reasoned, correctly, that the enemy would not attempt an attack at night.
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- [intransitive] to use your power to think and understand
- the human ability to reason
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French reisun (noun), raisoner (verb), from a variant of Latin ratio(n-), from the verb reri ‘consider’.
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