reason

reason
grunn
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årsak
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subst. \/ˈriːzn\/
1) grunn, årsak, forklaring, begrunnelse
all the more reason why
desto større grunn til at
there is no reason to suppose that
det er ingen grunn til å anta det
have reason to believe something
ha grunn til å tro noe
do you have a reason for this?
han du en begrunnelse for dette?
2) forstand, vett
3) fornuft, rimelighet
there is some reason in that
det er fornuft i det
and with reason og det med rette
he complains, and with reason
by reason of på grunn av
bring somebody to reason snakke noen til fornuft, snakke noen til rette
do anything within reason gjøre alt innen rimelighetens grenser
for a (very) good reason av (svært) gode grunner
for certain reasons av visse årsaker
for some reason (or other) av en eller annen grunn
for some unknown reason av ukjent årsak
lose one's reason miste forstanden
reasons for judgement (jus) domsgrunner
reasons of state statshensyn
regain one's reason få tilbake forstanden
stand to reason være åpenbart, være logisk
it stands to reason that he couldn't have done it
det sier seg selv at han ikke kunne ha gjort det
within reason rimelig, akseptabel, innen rimelighetens grenser
prices are within reason
prisene er rimelige
II
verb \/ˈriːzn\/
1) resonnere, slutte, tenke, trekke fornuftsslutninger
he reasoned that...
han tenkte som så at...
2) diskutere, argumentere, resonnere, snakke fornuft
there is no reasoning with her
det er umulig å snakke henne til rette
3) overtale
4) (gammeldags) snakke, tale
reason away bortforklare
reason out resonnere seg frem til, tenke ut
reason out a plan
reason somebody into doing something overtale noen til (å gjøre) noe
reason somebody out of (doing) something overtale noen til å la være (å gjøre) noe
I couldn't reason him out of robbing the store
reason things out bruke fornuften på (å løse) noe
reason with snakke (fornuft) med

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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