1. • noun - a rational motive for a belief or action
   • noun - an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
   • noun - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
   • noun - the state of having good sense and sound judgment
   • noun - a justification for something existing or happening
   • noun - a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
   • verb - decide by reasoning
   • verb - present reasons and arguments
   • verb - think logically
2. • The basis or motive for an action, a decision, or a conviction.
   • A declaration made to explain or justify an action, a decision, or a conviction: inquired about her reason for leaving.
   • An underlying fact or cause that provides logical sense for a premise or an occurrence: There is reason to believe that the accused did not commit this crime.
   • The capacity for logical, rational, and analytic thought; intelligence.
   • Good judgment; sound sense.
   • A normal mental state; sanity: He has lost his reason.
   • A premise, usually the minor premise, of an argument.
   • To use the faculty of reason; think logically.
   • To talk or argue logically and persuasively.
   • To engage in conversation or discussion.
   • To determine or conclude by logical thinking: reasoned out a solution to the problem.
   • These nouns refer to the intellectual faculty by means of which human beings seek or attain knowledge or truth.
3. • v - to derive inferences or conclusions from known or presumed facts

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