"reason" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːzən/ Audio: en-us-reason.ogg Forms: reasons [plural]
Rhymes: -iːzən Etymology: From Middle English resoun, reson, from Anglo-Norman raisun (Old French raison), from Latin ratiō, from ratus, past participle of reor (“reckon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), reanalysed root of *h₂er- (“to put together”). Doublet of ration and ratio. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|resoun}} Middle English resoun, {{der|en|xno|raisun}} Anglo-Norman raisun, {{der|en|fro|raison}} Old French raison, {{der|en|la|ratiō}} Latin ratiō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂reh₁-||to think}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), {{doublet|en|ration|ratio}} Doublet of ration and ratio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reason (countable and uncountable, plural reasons)
  1. A cause:
    That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
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  2. A cause:
    A motive for an action or a determination.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (motive for an action): rationale, motive Translations (motive for an action or determination): αἰτία (aitía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), պատճառ (patčaṙ) (Armenian), դրդապատճառ (drdapatčaṙ) (Armenian), основа́ние (osnovánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), моти́в (motív) [masculine] (Bulgarian), motiu [masculine] (Catalan), 理由 (lei⁵ jau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 道理 (dou⁶ lei⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 原因 (jyun⁴ jan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 理由 (lǐyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 原因 (yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), důvod [masculine] (Czech), grund [common-gender] (Danish), reden [feminine] (Dutch), syy (Finnish), raison [feminine] (French), მიზეზი (mizezi) (Georgian), საბაბი (sababi) (Georgian), Grund [masculine] (German), indíték (Hungarian), alasan (Indonesian), motif (Indonesian), ábhar [masculine] (Irish), fáth [masculine] (Irish), motivo (Italian), ragione (Italian), 理由 (riyū) (alt: りゆう) (Japanese), ratiō [feminine] (Latin), grunn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), adbar [neuter] (Old Irish), powód [masculine] (Polish), motivo [masculine] (Portuguese), motiv [neuter] (Romanian), rațiune [feminine] (Romanian), причи́на (pričína) [feminine] (Russian), резо́н (rezón) [masculine] (Russian), моти́в (motív) [masculine] (Russian), по́вод (póvod) [masculine] (Russian), основа́ние (osnovánije) [neuter] (Russian), dôvod [masculine] (Slovak), anledning [common-gender] (Swedish), skäl [neuter] (Swedish), motiv (Swedish), grund [common-gender] (Swedish), neden (Turkish), sebep (Turkish), motivo [masculine] (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-noun-5xkkAUQM Disambiguation of 'motive for an action': 9 66 10 8 3 1 3 Disambiguation of 'motive for an action or determination': 6 62 19 5 4 1 2
  3. 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.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (thought offered in support): excuse Translations (excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination): պատճառաբանություն (patčaṙabanutʻyun) (Armenian), əsas (Azerbaijani), bəhanə (Azerbaijani), ра́цыя (rácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), оправда́ние (opravdánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), excusa [feminine] (Catalan), motiu [masculine] (Catalan), důvod [masculine] (Czech), reden [feminine] (Dutch), syy (Finnish), tekosyy (Finnish), raison [feminine] (French), Grund [masculine] (German), λόγος (lógos) [masculine] (Greek), δικαιολογία (dikaiología) [feminine] (Greek), indok (Hungarian), ábhar [masculine] (Irish), fáth [masculine] (Irish), scusa [feminine] (Italian), pretesa [feminine] (Italian), adbar [neuter] (Old Irish), racja [feminine] (Polish), powód [masculine] (Polish), по́вод (póvod) [masculine] (Russian), до́вод (dóvod) [masculine] (Russian), резо́н (rezón) [masculine] (Russian), dôvod [masculine] (Slovak), açıklama (Turkish), ра́ція (rácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), до́від (dóvid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), scuxa [feminine] (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-noun-Q9-ona9Q Disambiguation of 'thought offered in support': 24 4 37 5 6 21 3 Disambiguation of 'excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination': 11 12 63 5 3 6 2
  4. A cause:
    (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-reason-en-noun-xFsbuxEb Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  5. (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Thinking Translations ((the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking): arsye (Albanian), λογισμός (logismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), عَقْل (ʕaql) [masculine] (Arabic), բանականություն (banakanutʻyun) (Armenian), razón (Asturian), аҡыл (aqıl) (Bashkir), ро́зум (rózum) [masculine] (Belarusian), ра́зум (rázum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), разсъ́дък (razsǎ́dǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), raó [feminine] (Catalan), 理致 (lǐzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 理性 (lǐxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 理智 (lǐzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), разоумъ (razumŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), rozum [masculine] (Czech), fornuft [common-gender] (Danish), rede [feminine] (Dutch), racieco (Esperanto), järki (Finnish), tolkku (Finnish), raison [masculine] (French), reson [feminine] (Friulian), razón (Galician), გონება (goneba) (Georgian), Verstand [masculine] (German), Vernunft [feminine] (German), Intellekt [masculine] (German), 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs) [masculine] (Gothic), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (fraþi) [feminine] (Gothic), λόγος (lógos) [masculine] (Greek), λογική (logikí) [feminine] (Greek), rezon (Haitian Creole), הִגָּיוֹן (higayón) [masculine] (Hebrew), értelem (Hungarian), ész (Hungarian), gondolkodás (Hungarian), tolkku (Ingrian), réasún [masculine] (Irish), ragione [feminine] (Italian), 思慮 (shiryo) (alt: しりょ) (Japanese), 理致 (richi) (alt: りち) (Japanese), 理性 (risei) (alt: りせい) (Japanese), ақыл-парасат (aqyl-parasat) (Kazakh), 이성 (iseong) (alt: 理性) (Korean), 이치 (ichi) (alt: 理致) (Korean), rejon (Ladin), ratio [feminine] (Latin), causa [feminine] (Latin), saprāts [masculine] (Latvian), യുക്തി (yukti) (Malayalam), fornuft [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rason (Occitan), reson (Old French), raison (Old French), هوش (huş) (Ottoman Turkish), ادراك (idrak) (Ottoman Turkish), عقل (ʼakl, ʼakıl) (Ottoman Turkish), عقل ('aql) (Persian), rozum [masculine] (Polish), razão [feminine] (Portuguese), rațiune (Romanian), ра́зум (rázum) (Russian), рассу́док (rassúdok) [masculine] (Russian), ум (um) [masculine] (Russian), ра̏зӯм [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rȁzūm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rozum [masculine] (Slovak), rázum [masculine] (Slovene), razón [feminine] (Spanish), förstånd [neuter] (Swedish), förnuft [neuter] (Swedish), เหตุผล (hèet-pǒn) (Thai), akıl (Turkish), ро́зум (rózum) [masculine] (Ukrainian), raxon (Venetian), rexon [feminine] (Venetian), lý trí (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-noun-AyJd5v3x Disambiguation of Thinking: 11 13 5 6 30 1 2 3 4 7 4 2 2 2 7 Disambiguation of '(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking': 12 7 7 11 53 6 6
  6. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (something reasonable): слу́шнасць (slúšnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), аргуме́нт (argumént) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kohtuus (Finnish), beralasan (Indonesian), ragione [feminine] (Italian), резо́нность (rezónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-noun-V3PzxtfV Disambiguation of 'something reasonable': 1 1 0 1 4 94 0
  7. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-reason-en-noun-AzEwdvp2 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: that which causes [cause] Translations (that which causes: a cause): 𐕗𐔰𐕊𐔰𐕙 (ṗač̣ar) (Aghwan), arsye [feminine] (Albanian), shkak [masculine] (Albanian), αἰτία (aitía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), سَبَب (sabab) [masculine] (Arabic), سبب (sabab) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), سبب (sábab) [South-Levantine-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), պատճառ (patčaṙ) (Armenian), কাৰণ (karon) (Assamese), сабаб (sabab) (Avar), səbəb (Azerbaijani), сәбәп (səbəp) (Bashkir), arrazoi (Basque), прычы́на (pryčýna) [feminine] (Belarusian), কারণ (karon) (Bengali), причи́на (pričína) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဟိတ် (hit) (Burmese), causa [feminine] (Catalan), raó [feminine] (Catalan), motiu [masculine] (Catalan), rason (Cebuano), chifukwa (Chichewa), 理由 (lei⁵ jau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 原因 (jyun⁴ jan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 理由 (lǐyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 原因 (yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), sebep (Crimean Tatar), příčina [feminine] (Czech), årsag [common-gender] (Danish), grund [common-gender] (Danish), oorzaak [feminine] (Dutch), reden [feminine] (Dutch), grond [masculine] (Dutch), põhjus (Estonian), syy (Finnish), raison [feminine] (French), cause [feminine] (French), razón [feminine] (Galician), მიზეზი (mizezi) (Georgian), საბაბი (sababi) (Georgian), Grund [masculine] (German), Ursache [feminine] (German), λόγος (lógos) [masculine] (Greek), סיבה \ סִבָּה (sibá) [feminine] (Hebrew), कारण (kāraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), वजह (vajah) [feminine] (Hindi), सबब (sabab) [masculine] (Hindi), बाइस (bāis) [masculine] (Hindi), ok (Hungarian), ástæða [feminine] (Icelandic), orsök [feminine] (Icelandic), alasan (Indonesian), sebab (Indonesian), دَلیل (dalil) (Iranian Persian), سَبَب (sabab) (Iranian Persian), ábhar [masculine] (Irish), fáth [masculine] (Irish), ragione [feminine] (Italian), causa [feminine] (Italian), perché [masculine] (Italian), 理由 (riyū) (alt: りゆう) (Japanese), 原因 (gen'in) (alt: げんいん) (Japanese), sangkan (Kapampangan), себеп (sebep) (Kazakh), ករណី (kaʼraʼnəy) (Khmer), ហេតុ (haet) (Khmer), សាហេតុ (saahaet) (Khmer), 이유 (iyu) (alt: 理由) (Korean), 리유 (riyu) (alt: 理由) [North-Korea] (Korean), 원인 (wonin) (alt: 原因) (Korean), себеп (sebep) (Kyrgyz), ເຫດຜົນ (hēt phon) (Lao), ສາເຫດ (sā hēt) (Lao), causa [feminine] (Latin), cēlonis [masculine] (Latvian), priežastis [masculine] (Lithuanian), при́чина (príčina) [feminine] (Macedonian), sebab (Malay), alasan (Malay), കാരണം (kāraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), -കൊണ്ട് (-koṇṭŭ) [suffix] (Malayalam), учир (učir) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), шалтгаан (šaltgaan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), årsak [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), grunn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rason [feminine] (Occitan), intinga [masculine] (Old English), accuis [feminine] (Old Irish), adbar [neuter] (Old Irish), mäjoro (Paicî), سبب (sabab) [masculine] (Pashto), دليل (dalil) [masculine] (Pashto), przyczyna [feminine] (Polish), causa [feminine] (Portuguese), motivo [masculine] (Portuguese), razão [feminine] (Portuguese), cauză [feminine] (Romanian), pricină [feminine] (Romanian), причи́на (pričína) [feminine] (Russian), ра́злог [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀зрок [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rázlog [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùzrok [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), príčina [feminine] (Slovak), dôvod [masculine] (Slovak), vzrok [masculine] (Slovene), razlog [masculine] (Slovene), razón [feminine] (Spanish), causa [feminine] (Spanish), anledning [common-gender] (Swedish), skäl [neuter] (Swedish), orsak [common-gender] (Swedish), grund [common-gender] (Swedish), rason (Tagalog), сабаб (sabab) (Tajik), далел (dalel) (Tajik), காரணம் (kāraṇam) (Tamil), сәбәп (säbäp) (Tatar), เหตุผล (hèet-pǒn) (Thai), สาเหตุ (sǎa-hèet) (Thai), เหตุ (hèet) (Thai), neden (Turkish), sebep (Turkish), sebäp (Turkmen), причи́на (pryčýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), وَجَہ (vaja) [feminine] (Urdu), وَجَہْ (vajah) [feminine] (Urdu), سَبَب (sabab) [masculine] (Urdu), باعِث (bā'is) [masculine] (Urdu), سەۋەب (seweb) (Uyghur), sabab (Uzbek), rexon [feminine] (Venetian), lý do (Vietnamese), nguyên nhân (Vietnamese)

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹiːzən/ Audio: en-us-reason.ogg Forms: reasons [present, singular, third-person], reasoning [participle, present], reasoned [participle, past], reasoned [past]
Rhymes: -iːzən Etymology: From Middle English resoun, reson, from Anglo-Norman raisun (Old French raison), from Latin ratiō, from ratus, past participle of reor (“reckon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), reanalysed root of *h₂er- (“to put together”). Doublet of ration and ratio. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}, {{inh|en|enm|resoun}} Middle English resoun, {{der|en|xno|raisun}} Anglo-Norman raisun, {{der|en|fro|raison}} Old French raison, {{der|en|la|ratiō}} Latin ratiō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂reh₁-||to think}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), {{doublet|en|ration|ratio}} Doublet of ration and ratio Head templates: {{en-verb}} reason (third-person singular simple present reasons, present participle reasoning, simple past and past participle reasoned)
  1. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational Tags: intransitive Translations (to deduce by being rational): arësyetoj (Albanian), разсъждавам (razsǎždavam) (Bulgarian), raonar (Catalan), ræsonnere (Danish), overveje (Danish), redeneren (Dutch), pohtia (Finnish), järkeillä (Finnish), schlussfolgern (German), συμπεραίνω (symperaíno) (Greek), gondolkodik (Hungarian), következtet (Hungarian), levezet (Hungarian), ragionare (Italian), resonnere (Norwegian), overveie (Norwegian), rozumować [imperfective] (Polish), raciocinar (Portuguese), рассужда́ть (rassuždátʹ) (Russian), uvažovať (Slovak), usúdiť (Slovak), razonar (Spanish), resonera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-O2Mah~3y Disambiguation of 'to deduce by being rational': 66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7
  2. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. Tags: intransitive Translations (to perform a process of deduction or of induction): arësyetoj (Albanian), мисля (mislja) (Bulgarian), raonar (Catalan), deduir (Catalan), induir (Catalan), slutte (Danish), redeneren (Dutch), järkeillä (Finnish), schlussfolgern (German), συμπεραίνω (symperaíno) (Greek), érvel (Hungarian), indokol (Hungarian), ragionare (Italian), argomentare (Italian), argumentar (Portuguese), raciocinar (Portuguese), проду́мать (prodúmatʹ) (Russian), uvažovať (Slovak), argumentovať (Slovak), slutleda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-7FPdiVte Disambiguation of 'to perform a process of deduction or of induction': 6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Translations (to converse; to compare opinions): argumentar (Catalan), debatre (Catalan), vitázik (Hungarian), vitatkozik (Hungarian), ragionare (Italian), diskutere fornuftig (Norwegian), przekonywać [imperfective] (Polish), przekonać [perfective] (Polish), diskutera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-b4gUUGN7 Disambiguation of 'to converse; to compare opinions': 2 3 87 2 2 1 1 2
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-B33T73fu
  5. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request. Tags: rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-Kc068JBo
  6. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument. Tags: transitive Translations (to persuade by reasoning): убеждавам (ubeždavam) (Bulgarian), meggyőz (Hungarian), ubeđivati (Serbo-Croatian), ubjeđivati (Serbo-Croatian), argumentera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-epeP3Oat Disambiguation of 'to persuade by reasoning': 4 4 2 5 9 66 8 1
  7. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. Tags: transitive, with-down
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-kZn~6pyu
  8. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. Tags: transitive, usually
    Sense id: en-reason-en-verb-aUj1pA3j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reason down, reasoner, reason out, reason with

Inflected forms

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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "motivo"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 62 19 5 4 1 2",
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "roman": "motív",
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        {
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
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          "word": "по́вод"
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
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        {
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          "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "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.",
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "word": "əsas"
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "motiu"
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Grund"
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        {
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
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          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ábhar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fáth"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
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          "lang": "Old Irish",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "adbar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "scusa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pretesa"
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "racja"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "powód"
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        {
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "по́вод"
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        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rezón",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
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        {
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "rácija",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ра́ція"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dóvid",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
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          "word": "до́від"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 12 63 5 3 6 2",
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          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "text": "The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved - it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.",
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          "ref": "1970, Hannah Arendt, On Violence, →ISBN, page 62:",
          "text": "And the specific distinction between man and beast is now, strictly speaking, no longer reason (the lumen naturale of the human animal) but science[…]",
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        {
          "ref": "2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:",
          "text": "The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.",
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "arsye"
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "عَقْل"
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          "roman": "banakanutʻyun",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razsǎ́dǎk",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "raó"
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          "roman": "lǐzhì",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "理致"
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        {
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǐzhì",
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "rozum"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "järki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "tolkku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "raison"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "reson"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "razón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "goneba",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "გონება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verstand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Intellekt"
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "hugs",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "fraþi",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lógos",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "λόγος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "logikí",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "λογική"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "logismós",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "rezon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "higayón",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הִגָּיוֹן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "értelem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "ész"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "gondolkodás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "tolkku"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "réasún"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ragione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "alt": "しりょ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiryo",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "思慮"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "richi",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "理致"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "alt": "りせい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "risei",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "理性"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aqyl-parasat",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "ақыл-парасат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "alt": "理性",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "iseong",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "이성"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "alt": "理致",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ichi",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "이치"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
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          "word": "rejon"
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "causa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saprāts"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "yukti",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "യുക്തി"
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fornuft"
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "rason"
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          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "razumŭ",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "разоумъ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "reson"
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        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "fro",
          "lang": "Old French",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "raison"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "huş",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "هوش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "idrak",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "ادراك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ʼakl, ʼakıl",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "عقل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'aql",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "عقل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "razão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "rațiune"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rázum",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "ра́зум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rassúdok",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рассу́док"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "um",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ра̏зӯм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rȁzūm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rozum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rázum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "razón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "förstånd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "förnuft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hèet-pǒn",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "เหตุผล"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "akıl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rózum",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ро́зум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "raxon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rexon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 7 7 11 53 6 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
          "word": "lý trí"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "16th century Edmund Spenser, Lines on his Promised Pension\nI was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme."
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "1 1 0 1 4 94 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "slúšnascʹ",
          "sense": "something reasonable",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "слу́шнасць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 1 4 94 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "argumént",
          "sense": "something reasonable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аргуме́нт"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something reasonable",
          "word": "kohtuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 1 4 94 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "something reasonable",
          "word": "beralasan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 1 4 94 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "something reasonable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ragione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 0 1 4 94 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rezónnostʹ",
          "sense": "something reasonable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "резо́нность"
        }
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "1734, Isaac Barrow, “Lecture XVII. Of the Names and Diversities of the Twofold Kind of Reason or Proportion, viz. Arithmetical and Geometrical”, in John Kirkby, transl., The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning Explained and Demonstrated: Being Mathematical Lectures Read in the Publick Schools at the University of Cambridge. […], London: […] Stephen Austen, […], →OCLC, pages 323–324:",
          "text": "[I]f two Quantities repreſented by the Numbers 20 and 4 be compared, by dividing the Antecedent 20 by the Conſequent 4, the Quotient is 5; but inverting the Terms, by dividing 4 by 20 the Quotient is #x5C;tfrac#x7B;4#x7D;#x7B;20#x7D;#x3D;#x5C;tfrac#x7B;1#x7D;#x7B;5#x7D;. By which Quotients are declared the Geometrical Reaſons of the propoſed Quantities, becauſe if the Quotient found be multiplied by the Conſequent, the Product is equal to the Antecedent; for in the former Compariſon 5#x5C;times4#x3D;20, in the latter #x5C;tfrac#x7B;1#x7D;#x7B;5#x7D;#x5C;times20#x3D;4; as Things again are referred to Equality.",
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        }
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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      ]
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "ṗač̣ar",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "𐕗𐔰𐕊𐔰𐕙"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arsye"
    },
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shkak"
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "arz",
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      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "ajp",
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      "roman": "sábab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سبب"
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patčaṙ",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "պատճառ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "karon",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "কাৰণ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "av",
      "lang": "Avar",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сабаб"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "səbəb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "səbəp",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "roman": "karon",
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      "roman": "pričína",
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      "lang": "Burmese",
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      "word": "ဟိတ်"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "motiu"
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      "lang": "Chichewa",
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lei⁵ jau⁴",
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "理由"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "原因"
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      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "lang": "Estonian",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      ],
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    {
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mizezi",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "word": "Grund"
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      ],
      "word": "Ursache"
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
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      ],
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Old Irish",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Old Irish",
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ragione"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      ],
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      "word": "សាហេតុ"
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ເຫດຜົນ"
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      "roman": "príčina",
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
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      "lang": "Malay",
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      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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    {
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      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "word": "motivo"
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "razón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skäl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "orsak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grund"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "rason"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сабаб"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dalel",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "далел"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kāraṇam",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "காரணம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "säbäp",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сәбәп"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hèet-pǒn",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "เหตุผล"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-hèet",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "สาเหตุ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hèet",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "เหตุ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "neden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebep"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebäp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryčýna",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "причи́на"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vaja",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَجَہ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vajah",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَجَہْ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَبَب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bā'is",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "باعِث"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "seweb",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "سەۋەب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sabab"
    },
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      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rexon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "lý do"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "25 25 25 25 0 0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "nguyên nhân"
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  ],
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}

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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "raison"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ratiō"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂reh₁-",
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        "5": "to think"
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        "3": "ratio"
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      "form": "reasoning",
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        "present"
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      "form": "reasoned",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reasoned",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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    "rea‧son"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
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          "ref": "1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band:",
          "text": "\"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. […]\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        [
          "deduce",
          "deduce"
        ],
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          "rational",
          "rational"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "arësyetoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razsǎždavam",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "разсъждавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "raonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "ræsonnere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "overveje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "redeneren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "pohtia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "järkeillä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "schlussfolgern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symperaíno",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "συμπεραίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "gondolkodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "következtet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "levezet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "ragionare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "resonnere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "overveie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozumować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "raciocinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rassuždátʹ",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "рассужда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "uvažovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "usúdiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "razonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "66 8 6 1 5 3 3 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
          "word": "resonera"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1853, Solomon Northup, chapter III, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 47:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“All right, Dad – I did follow you. But only because I was worried about you.”\n“Worried about me? I was worried about you! Hanging on to the roof of a speeding car! Are you nuts?”\n“It wasn’t moving when I climbed on to it,” reasoned the boy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      "id": "en-reason-en-verb-7FPdiVte",
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          "convince"
        ],
        [
          "confute",
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        ],
        [
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          "argue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
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          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "arësyetoj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mislja",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "мисля"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "raonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "deduir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "induir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "slutte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "redeneren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "järkeillä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "schlussfolgern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symperaíno",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "συμπεραίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "érvel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "indokol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "ragionare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "argomentare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "argumentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodúmatʹ",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "проду́мать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "uvažovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 5 1 3 1 1 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
          "word": "slutleda"
        }
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        "To converse; to compare opinions."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions."
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        "obsolete"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 87 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
          "word": "argumentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 87 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
          "word": "debatre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 87 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
          "word": "vitázik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 87 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
          "word": "vitatkozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 87 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "it",
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          "ref": "1734, Isaac Barrow, “Lecture XVII. Of the Names and Diversities of the Twofold Kind of Reason or Proportion, viz. Arithmetical and Geometrical”, in John Kirkby, transl., The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning Explained and Demonstrated: Being Mathematical Lectures Read in the Publick Schools at the University of Cambridge. […], London: […] Stephen Austen, […], →OCLC, pages 323–324:",
          "text": "[I]f two Quantities repreſented by the Numbers 20 and 4 be compared, by dividing the Antecedent 20 by the Conſequent 4, the Quotient is 5; but inverting the Terms, by dividing 4 by 20 the Quotient is #x5C;tfrac#x7B;4#x7D;#x7B;20#x7D;#x3D;#x5C;tfrac#x7B;1#x7D;#x7B;5#x7D;. By which Quotients are declared the Geometrical Reaſons of the propoſed Quantities, becauſe if the Quotient found be multiplied by the Conſequent, the Product is equal to the Antecedent; for in the former Compariſon 5#x5C;times4#x3D;20, in the latter #x5C;tfrac#x7B;1#x7D;#x7B;5#x7D;#x5C;times20#x3D;4; as Things again are referred to Equality.",
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        }
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      ],
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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        [
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        [
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          "proportion"
        ]
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      ],
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      ],
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        "sciences"
      ]
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      "topics": [
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      "word": "rationale"
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      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "ṗač̣ar",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "𐕗𐔰𐕊𐔰𐕙"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arsye"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
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      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سبب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sábab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سبب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patčaṙ",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "պատճառ"
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "karon",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "কাৰণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "av",
      "lang": "Avar",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сабаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "səbəb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "səbəp",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сәбәп"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "arrazoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryčýna",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прычы́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "karon",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "কারণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pričína",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "причи́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hit",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ဟိတ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "rason"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "chifukwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lei⁵ jau⁴",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyun⁴ jan¹",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐyóu",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebep"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "příčina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "årsag"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oorzaak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grond"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "põhjus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raison"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cause"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "razón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mizezi",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "მიზეზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sababi",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "საბაბი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ursache"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lógos",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λόγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aitía",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αἰτία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sibá",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סיבה \\ סִבָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kāraṇ",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कारण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vajah",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वजह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सबब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bāis",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बाइस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ok"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ástæða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "orsök"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "alasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ábhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fáth"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "adbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ragione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perché"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りゆう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "riyū",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gen'in",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sangkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sebep",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "себеп"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaʼraʼnəy",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ករណី"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "haet",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ហេតុ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saahaet",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "សាហេតុ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "理由",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iyu",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "이유"
    },
    {
      "alt": "理由",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "riyu",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "리유"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原因",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonin",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "원인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sebep",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "себеп"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hēt phon",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ເຫດຜົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sā hēt",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "ສາເຫດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cēlonis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "priežastis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "príčina",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́чина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebab"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "alasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kāraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "കാരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "-koṇṭŭ",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ],
      "word": "-കൊണ്ട്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "učir",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "учир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šaltgaan",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шалтгаан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "årsak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grunn"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rason"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pri",
      "lang": "Paicî",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "mäjoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سبب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "dalil",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دليل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "dalil",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "دَلیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "سَبَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przyczyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "razão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cauză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pricină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričína",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "причи́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́злог"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀зрок"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rázlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ùzrok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "príčina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dôvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vzrok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "razlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "razón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "causa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anledning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skäl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "orsak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "rason"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сабаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dalel",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "далел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kāraṇam",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "காரணம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "säbäp",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "сәбәп"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hèet-pǒn",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "เหตุผล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-hèet",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "สาเหตุ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hèet",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "เหตุ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "neden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebep"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sebäp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryčýna",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "причи́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vaja",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَجَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "vajah",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَجَہْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sabab",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَبَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bā'is",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "باعِث"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "seweb",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "سەۋەب"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "sabab"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rexon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "lý do"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "that which causes: a cause",
      "word": "nguyên nhân"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patčaṙ",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "պատճառ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "drdapatčaṙ",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "դրդապատճառ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnovánie",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "основа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "motív",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lei⁵ jau⁴",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dou⁶ lei⁵",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "道理"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyun⁴ jan¹",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐyóu",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "原因"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "důvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raison"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mizezi",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "მიზეზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sababi",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "საბაბი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aitía",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αἰτία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "indíték"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "alasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "motif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ábhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fáth"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "adbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "motivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "ragione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りゆう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "riyū",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "理由"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ratiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grunn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "powód"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "motiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rațiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričína",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "причи́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezón",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "резо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "motív",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvod",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnovánije",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "основа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dôvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anledning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skäl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "motiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "neden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "word": "sebep"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "motive for an action or determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patčaṙabanutʻyun",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "պատճառաբանություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "əsas"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "bəhanə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rácyja",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opravdánie",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оправда́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "excusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "motiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "důvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "syy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "tekosyy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raison"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grund"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lógos",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λόγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dikaiología",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δικαιολογία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "indok"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ábhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fáth"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "adbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pretesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "powód"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvod",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóvod",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́вод"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rezón",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "резо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dôvod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "word": "açıklama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rácija",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dóvid",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́від"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "excuse, explanation: thought or consideration offered in support of a determination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scuxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
      "word": "arsye"
    },
    {
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      "alt": "理致",
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      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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      "word": "rozum"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "(the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "vec",
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      "word": "raxon"
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      "code": "vec",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "vi",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "слу́шнасць"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "raison"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂reh₁-",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    "rea‧son"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band:",
          "text": "\"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. […]\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "deduce"
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          "rational",
          "rational"
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        "(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational"
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        {
          "ref": "1853, Solomon Northup, chapter III, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 47:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“All right, Dad – I did follow you. But only because I was worried about you.”\n“Worried about me? I was worried about you! Hanging on to the roof of a speeding car! Are you nuts?”\n“It wasn’t moving when I climbed on to it,” reasoned the boy.",
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        }
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          "convince"
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          "confute",
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          "argue"
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        "(intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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        "To converse; to compare opinions."
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          "converse"
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          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions."
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        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
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    {
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "text": "I reasoned the matter with my friend.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "ref": "1901, Ralph Connor, chapter 9, in The Man from Glengarry:",
          "text": "The talk was mainly between Aleck and Murdie, the others crowding eagerly about and putting in a word as they could. Murdie was reasoning good-humoredly, Aleck replying fiercely.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss."
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          "transitive"
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          "intransitive",
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          "discuss"
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss."
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        "transitive"
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      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To support with reasons, as a request."
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          "request"
        ]
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        "(transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request."
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        "transitive"
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          "text": "That she was not immediately ready, Emma did suspect to arise from the state of her nerves; she had not yet possessed the instrument long enough to touch it without emotion; she must reason herself into the power of performance; and Emma could not but pity such feelings, whatever their origin, and could not but resolve never to expose them to her neighbour again.",
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        "To persuade by reasoning or argument."
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        "(transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "to reason down a passion"
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      "glosses": [
        "To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons."
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          "down"
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          "overcome"
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        "(transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons."
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        "with-down"
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon"
        }
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        "To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument."
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          "logical"
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          "justify"
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        "(transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument."
      ],
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        "with out"
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        "transitive",
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "arësyetoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razsǎždavam",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "разсъждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "raonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "ræsonnere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "overveje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "redeneren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "pohtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "järkeillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "schlussfolgern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symperaíno",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "συμπεραίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "gondolkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "következtet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "levezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "ragionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "resonnere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "overveie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozumować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "raciocinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rassuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "рассужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "uvažovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "usúdiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "razonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deduce by being rational",
      "word": "resonera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "arësyetoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mislja",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "мисля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "raonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "deduir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "induir"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "slutte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "redeneren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "järkeillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "schlussfolgern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symperaíno",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "συμπεραίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "érvel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "indokol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "ragionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "argomentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "argumentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "raciocinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodúmatʹ",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "проду́мать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "uvažovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "argumentovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to perform a process of deduction or of induction",
      "word": "slutleda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "argumentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "debatre"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "vitázik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "vitatkozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "ragionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "diskutere fornuftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przekonywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przekonać"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to converse; to compare opinions",
      "word": "diskutera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeždavam",
      "sense": "to persuade by reasoning",
      "word": "убеждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to persuade by reasoning",
      "word": "meggyőz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to persuade by reasoning",
      "word": "ubeđivati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to persuade by reasoning",
      "word": "ubjeđivati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to persuade by reasoning",
      "word": "argumentera"
    }
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}

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