reason

reason
reason [ˈri:zn]
1. noun
   a. ( = justification) raison f
• reason for living or being raison f d'être
• the reasons are ... les raisons en sont ...
• the reason for my leaving la raison de mon départ
• I want to know the reason why je veux savoir pourquoi
• and that's the reason why et voilà pourquoi
• for no apparent reason sans raison apparente
• I have (every) reason to believe that ... j'ai (tout) lieu de croire que ...
• we have reason to believe that he is dead il y a lieu de croire qu'il est mort
• for the very reason that ... précisément parce que ...
• for some reason (or another) pour une raison ou pour une autre
• all the more reason to call her raison de plus pour l'appeler
• with reason à juste titre
• by reason of en raison de
   b. ( = mental faculty) raison f
• to lose one's reason perdre la raison
   c. ( = common sense) raison f
• to see reason entendre raison
• to make sb see reason faire entendre raison à qn
• he won't listen to reason on ne peut pas lui faire entendre raison
• that stands to reason cela va sans dire
• I will do anything within reason je ferai tout ce qu'il est raisonnablement possible de faire
2. intransitive verb
   a. ( = think logically) raisonner
   b. to reason with sb raisonner qn
• one can't reason with her il n'y a pas moyen de lui faire entendre raison
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['riːzn] 1.
noun
1) (cause) raison f (for, behind de)

for no (good) reason —

without good reason — sans raison valable

if you are late for any reason — si tu es en retard, pour une raison ou pour une autre

I have reason to believe that... — j'ai des raisons de croire que...

by reason of — sout en raison de

for that reason I can't do it — c'est pour cette raison que je ne peux pas le faire

the reason why... — la raison pour laquelle...

I'll tell you the reason why... — je vais te dire pourquoi...

give me one reason why I should! — et pourquoi donc devrais-je le faire?

what was his reason for resigning? — pour quelle raison a-t-il démissionné?

the reason is that... — la raison en est que...

the reason given is that... — la raison invoquée est que...

to have every ou good reason for doing ou to do — avoir tout lieu de faire

there was no reason for you to worry — tu n'avais aucune raison de t'inquiéter

all the more reason to insist on it — raison de plus pour insister

she was angry, and with good reason — elle était fâchée, et à juste titre

2) (common sense) raison f

to lose one's reason — perdre la raison

to listen to ou see reason — entendre raison

it stands to reason that — il va sans dire que

within reason — dans la limite du raisonnable

2.
transitive verb
1) (argue) soutenir
2) (conclude) déduire
3.
intransitive verb

to reason with somebody — raisonner quelqu'un

4.
reasoned past participle adjective raisonné

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