reason

reason from English to Finnish

1. syy

2. syy

3. syy, tekosyy

4. järki, tolkku

5. kohtuus

6. pohtia, järkeillä

7. järkeillä

reason from Finnish to English

1. A cause:

2. : (syn)

3. That which causes something: an cause, a cause.

4. : (ux)

5. * (quote-text)|title=(w): Evolution and the Meanings of Life|page=198

6. A motive for an action or a determination.

7. : (ux)

8. : (ux)

9. : (ux)

10. * 1806, Anonymous, Select Notes to Book XXI, in, (w), translator, ''The (w) of (w)'', volume 6 (London, F.J. du Roveray), page 37:

11. *: This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions.

12. * (RQ:James Portrait)

13. 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.

14. * (quote-book)|page=14|publisher=w:Penguin Classics|isbn=0140184945

15. (lb) A premise placed after its conclusion.

16. (lb) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

17. : (ux)

18. * (quote-book)

19. * {{quote-book|en|year=1970|author=w:Hannah Arendt|title=On Violence|isbn=0156695006|page=62

20. * {{quote-journal|en|date=2014-06-21|volume=411|issue=8892|magazine=w:The Economist

21. (lb) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.

22. * 16th century (w), ''Lines on his Promised Pension''

23. *: I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.

24. (lb) Ratio; proportion.

26. (lb) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.

27. * {{quote-text|en|year=1892|author=Arthur Conan Doyle|title=The Adventure of the Speckled Band

28. (lb) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.

29. * (RQ:Northup Twelve Years)

30. * (RQ:Walliams Bad Dad)

31. (lb) To converse; to compare opinions.

32. (lb) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.

33. : (ux)

34. * {{quote-text|en|year=1901|author=Ralph Connor|title=The Man from Glengarry|chapter=9

35. (lb) To support with reasons, as a request.

36. (lb) To persuade by reasoning or argument.

37. : (ux)

38. * (RQ:Austen Emma)

39. (lb) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.

40. : (ux)

41. (lb) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

42. : (ux)

43. A plate.

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