Reason



noun
1.
(Motive or purpose, fact or assumption leading someone to, ability to think; cause, purpose. -reason of In within, reason in accord with reason. -stand to reason to be clear, obvious or logical. -with reason with justification, properly) give a reason សេចក្ដីសំអាង
Example: The voice of Reason, The reason why, Have a reason for doing it, I have reason to think, For no particular reason, Piece of reasoning.
2.
ហេតុផល, វិចារណញ្ញាណ, សុភវិនិច្ឆយ
3.
ហេតុ
Example: For what reason?
4.
(power of) reason វិចារណញ្ញាណ
verbpast tense: reasoned ; past participle: reasoned ; present participle: reasoning ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to discuss by arguments. -by reason of through logical thinkingl. -stand to reason it can be logically proved that it would be generally admitted. -within reason within the bounds of moderation) reason that គិតឃើញថា, reason out ដោះស្រាយ
2.
ពិចារណា, សនិ្នដ្ឋាន
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to exercise rational faculty; to deduce from premises) power to reason ពិចារណា, reason with ពិគ្រោះ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
2.
A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.
3.
The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty.
4.
Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
verbpast tense: reasoned ; past participle: reasoned ; present participle: reasoning ;
1.
To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
2.
To converse; to compare opinions.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To support with reasons, as a request.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
6.
(TRANSITIVE) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.
7.
(TRANSITIVE) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.
1.
Ratio, proportion