reason

a statement offered in explanation or justification

The first known use: in the 13th century

Word Structure

6 Letters, 2 Syllable

reason

5 Phonemes

r E z ə n

onset, rime

- -

Morpheme

reason

Sentence Examples

I gave a reason for my absence.

There is a reason why they don't want to come.

I can't give you the report for the simple reason that it isn't yet finished.

She explained her reasons for deciding to change jobs.

He wanted to know the reason for their decision.

Give me one good reason why I should believe you.

For obvious reasons, we can't do that yet.

For reasons of space, some of the charts and graphs have been omitted from the article.

She resigned for personal reasons.

He lost the ability to reason.

He reasoned that both statements couldn't be true.

She reasoned that something must be wrong.

Related Words

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Collocations

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