REASON vs CAUSE: NOUN
- 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.
- 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.
- Synonyms Inducement, etc. (see motive), account, object, purpose, design.
- See do.
- The human understanding; the discursive reason.
- Agreeable to reason; reasonable; just; proper; as, I will do anything in reason.
- In French history, an act of worship of human reason, represented by a woman as the goddess of Reason, performed on November 10th, 1793, in the cathedral of Notre Dame, and also in other churches (renamed temples of Rea son) in France on that and succeeding days. The worship of Reason was designed to take the place of the suppressed Christian worship; recognition of the Supreme Being was restored through the influence of Robespierre.
- By right or justice; properly; justly.
- In logic, the premise or premises of an argument, especially the minor premise.
- The intelligible essence of a thing or species; the quiddity.
- The exercise of reason; reasoning; right reasoning; argumentation; discussion.
- A reasonable thing; a rational thing to do; an idea or a statement conformable to common sense.
- That which recommends itself to enlightened intelligence; some inward intimation for which great respect is felt and which is supposed to be common to the mass of mankind; reasonable measure; moderation; right; what mature and cool reflection, taking into account the highest considerations, pronounces for, as opposed to the prompting of passion.
- Intelligence considered as having universal validity or a catholic character, so that it is not something that belongs to any person, but is something partaken of, a sort of light in which every mind must perceive.
- The faculty by which we attain the knowledge of first principles; a faculty for apprehending the unconditioned.
- The faculty of drawing conclusions or inferences, or of reasoning.
- The logical faculties generally, including all that is subservient to distinguishing truth and falsehood, except sense, imagination, and memory on the one hand, and the faculty of intuitively perceiving first principles, and other lofty faculties, on the other.
- An intellectual faculty, or such faculties collectively.
- A fact, known or supposed, from which another fact follows logically, as in consequence of some known law of nature or the general course of things; an explanation.
- An idea acting as a cause to create or confirm a belief, or to induce a voluntary action; a judgment or belief going to determine a given belief or line of conduct.
- An obsolete spelling of raisin. In the following passage it is apparently applied to some other fruit than the grape.
- A normal mental state; sanity.
- Good judgment; sound sense.
- The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence.
- A premise, usually the minor premise, of an argument.
- A fact or cause that explains why something exists or has occurred.
- A declaration made to explain or justify action, decision, or conviction.
- The basis or motive for an action, decision, or conviction.
- The state of having good sense and sound judgment
- A justification for something existing or happening
- A rational motive for a belief or action
- An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- The source or reason of an event or action
- To join with in purposes and aims.
- See under Proximate.
- That of which anything is made.
- The elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and coöperating with the matter.
- The end, design, or object, for which anything is done.
- The agent or force that produces a change or result.
- The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
- Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
- A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- Sake; interest; advantage.
- That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive.
- That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
- That side of a question which an individual or party takes up; that object to which the efforts of a person or party are directed.
- Advantage; interest; sake.
- In a general sense, any subject of question or debate; a subject of special interest or concern; business; affair.
- In law, a legal proceeding between adverse parties; a case for judicial decision. See case, 5.
- The reason or motive for mental action or decision; ground for action in general.
- Specifically An antecedent upon which an effect follows according to a law of nature; an efficient cause.
- That by the power of which an event or thing is; a principle from which an effect arises; that upon which something depends per se; in general, anything which stands to something else in a real relation analogous to the mental relation of the antecedent to the consequent of a conditional proposition.
- A subject under debate or discussion.
- The ground or basis for a lawsuit.
- A lawsuit or criminal prosecution.
- The interests of a person or group engaged in a struggle.
- A goal or principle served with dedication and zeal.
- A basis for an action or response; a reason.
- The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result.
- The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
- A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- Any entity that causes events to happen
- Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- A justification for something existing or happening
REASON vs CAUSE: VERB
- Present reasons and arguments
- Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- Think logically
- To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
- To set off an event or action.
- Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
REASON vs CAUSE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To converse; to compare opinions.
- 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.
- 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.
- To engage in conversation or discussion.
- To talk or argue logically and persuasively.
- To use the faculty of reason; think logically.
- To persuade or dissuade (someone) with reasons.
- To determine or conclude by logical thinking.
- To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
REASON vs CAUSE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
- To bring about or compel by authority or force.
- To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
REASON vs CAUSE: CONJUNCTION
- N/A
- Abbreviation of because.
REASON vs CAUSE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Draw or come to a conclusion
- Decide by reasoning
- To hold argument with; engage in speech or discussion; talk with; interrogate.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- To give reasons for; support by argument; make a plea for: often with out: as, to reason out a proposition or a claim.
- To reason about; consider or discuss argumentatively; argue; debate.
- To hold discourse; talk; parley.
- To hold account; make a reckoning; reckon.
- To practise reasoning in regard to something; make deductions from premises; engage in discussion; argue, or hold arguments.
- To exereise the faculty of reason; make rational deductions; think or choose rationally; use intelligent discrimination.
- (idiom) (with reason) With good cause; justifiably.
- (idiom) (within reason) Within the bounds of good sense or practicality.
- (idiom) (in reason) With good sense or justification; reasonably.
- (idiom) (by reason of) Because of.
- Cause to act in a specified manner
- Cause to do
- Give rise to
- To show cause; give reasons.
- To make; force; compel; with an infinitive after the object: as, the storm caused him to seek shelter.
REASON vs CAUSE: RELATED WORDS
- Rationale, Explanation, Excuse, Justification, Why, Reason out, Reasonableness, Ground, Intellect, Conclude, Understanding, Rationality, Argue, Grounds, Cause
- Drive, Campaign, Causa, Crusade, Effort, Get, Grounds, Case, Movement, Have, Make, Stimulate, Do, Induce, Reason
REASON vs CAUSE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Because, Thing, Rationale, Explanation, Excuse, Justification, Why, Reasonableness, Ground, Intellect, Conclude, Understanding, Rationality, Argue, Cause
- Culprit, Causal agent, Lawsuit, Suit, Drive, Campaign, Causa, Effort, Get, Case, Movement, Have, Make, Stimulate, Induce
REASON vs CAUSE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- You do not have to give a reason.
- He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
- Content will be hidden using the reason Refusal.
- The Cherokees had every reason to be concerned.
- Now, I chose its title for a reason.
- You will have to show that you had a good reason to quit AND the reason had something to do with the job.
- Her firing will come as a complete surprise and the stated reason will be miles away from the actual reason.
- If there is any reason prospective jurors feel they should not serve, that reason should be made known during this questioning.
- In HR, I do know that you are let go for one reason but really, it was for another reason.
- Death of a welfare recipient is considered in some states to be sufficient reason to remove the reason for confidentiality.
- Persistent vomiting and diarrhea can cause rapid dehydration, and damage to the intestines and immune system can cause septic shock.
- You could also have more than one cause that lead to the same effect or a single cause that leads to multiple effects.
- FAILURE TO OBSERVE THIS PRECAUTION CAN CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH, CAUSE THE FIRER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE MISSILE, AND DAMAGE LAUNCHER ELECTRONICS.
- This can cause the buffer to be overwritten, which may allow arbitrary code execution or cause the application to crash.
- Then it may again be inquired whether this cause owes its origin and existence to itself, or to some other cause.
- Untreated whiplash and spinal injuries can cause chronic pain in the future, while untreated concussions may cause permanent brain damage.
- As a bonus achievement, you can cause minor points to bulge all over your body or cause them to withdraw.
- It may also cause misalignment of the joint surfaces and cause a predisposition to developing secondary arthritis later in life.
- The law has long considered causation a hybrid concept, consisting of two constituent parts: actual cause and legal cause.
- Legal cause, in turn, provides separation from factual cause.
REASON vs CAUSE: QUESTIONS
- Should we give reason when cancelling appointments?
- Are GATT negotiations incompatible with economic reason?
- How do mathematicians reason abstractly and quantitatively?
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- Is JJ Watt leaving for any reason other than reason?
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- Can anxiety cause premature ventricular contractions?
- Why does dehydration cause orthostatic hypotension?
- What medications cause neuroleptic malignant syndrome?
- What is the cause of bipolar or is the cause unknown?
- Is a single component cause a sufficient cause of disease?
- Why do medications that cause nosebleeds cause bloody nose?