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reason

/ˈɹizən/REE-zuhn
/ˈɹizən/REE-zuhn

Meaningreckoning

Common meaning: a cause

Other meanings: the power to think

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√RA‘fit’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 288, p. 740 · scan
  2. Latinreor, ratus; ratiō‘to reckon, think’
  3. Frenchraisun
  4. Middle Englishresounsource
  5. Englishreason‘a cause’ · today

reas also in: ratiorational

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin reor ‘to reckon, think; reckoning’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry reor, p. 1525 · dictionary scan

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Related words

ratiorational

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