reason

1. reason (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A cause:: That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.

Example: The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.

2. reason (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A cause:: A motive for an action or a determination.

Example: He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.

3. reason (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A cause:: 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.

Example: I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.

4. reason (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.

Example: "I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data. […]"

Concept: Рассудительность

Polarities of the concept

5. reason (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.

Example: Still my spirit was not broken. I indulged the anticipation of escape, and that speedily. It was impossible, I reasoned, that men could be so unjust as to detain me as a slave, when the truth of my case was known.

6. reason (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To converse; to compare opinions.