reason

reason
rea·son [ʼri:zən] n
1) (cause) Grund m (for für +akk);
the \reason [that] I'm asking is that ... der Grund, warum ich frage, ist, dass ...;
for \reasons best known to herself, she's decided to ... aus Gründen, die nur sie allein kennt, hat sie beschlossen, ...;
the \reason why ... der Grund, warum ...;
for \reasons of health aus gesundheitlichen Gründen;
not guilty by \reason of insanity law nicht schuldig wegen Unzurechnungsfähigkeit;
to have every/good/no \reason to do sth allen/guten/keinen Grund haben, etw zu tun;
give me one good \reason why ... nenne mir einen guten Grund, warum ...;
for no particular \reason aus keinem besonderen Grund;
for personal \reasons aus persönlichen Gründen;
for some \reason aus irgendeinem Grund
2) no pl (good cause) Grund m;
to do sth with \reason etw aus gutem Grund tun;
she was furious, and with \reason sie war wütend, und das aus gutem Grund
3) (premise) Voraussetzung f
4) no pl (power to think) Denkvermögen nt;
the power of \reason logisches Denkvermögen
5) (common sense) Vernunft f;
you can choose your own gift, within \reason wenn es im Rahmen bleibt, kannst du dir dein Geschenk selbst aussuchen;
the Age of R\reason das Zeitalter der Vernunft;
to reach the age of \reason vernünftig werden;
to be [or go] beyond all \reason vollkommen unsinnig sein;
to see [or listen to] \reason auf die Stimme der Vernunft hören;
they tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen to \reason sie versuchten, ihn zu überreden, aber er ließ sich einfach nichts sagen;
it stands to \reason that ... es ist logisch, dass ...
6) (sanity) Verstand m;
to lose one's \reason den Verstand verlieren
PHRASES:
for \reasons of state aus Gründen der Staatsräson;
by \reason of sth aufgrund [o wegen] einer S. gen vi
1) (form judgments)
to \reason from sth von etw dat ausgehen;
\reasoning from past experience, she was convinced that ... aufgrund ihrer [früheren] Erfahrung war sie davon überzeugt, dass ...
2) (persuade)
to \reason with sb vernünftig mit jdm reden;
the police \reasoned with the hijackers to at least let the children go die Polizei versuchte, die Kidnapper zu überreden, wenigstens die Kinder freizulassen;
to \reason with sb that ... jdm klarmachen, dass ... vt
1) (use logic)
to \reason that ... schlussfolgern, dass ...
2) (persuade)
to \reason sb into [doing] sth jdn zu etw dat überreden;
to \reason sb out of [doing] sth jdm etw ausreden

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