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    [Adjective]  | "rea*son*able" | \ ˈrē-zᵊn-ə-bəl \


    1: being in accordance with reason

    2: not extreme or excessive

    3: moderate, fair


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "reasonable facsimile" 


    1: a copy that is not exact but is fairly close —sometimes used in a joking way

    [Idiom]  | "beyond doubt" 


    1: without question : definitely

    [Adjective]  | "reasonable" 


    1: according to the rules of logic;


      * e.g., " ... his answer is perfectly reasonable "





    2: based on sound reasoning or information;


      * e.g., " ... those playing rules sound reasonable to me "





    3: costing little;


      * e.g., " ... desperately trying to find reasonable hotel rates for the holiday weekend "





     [ "reasonable" ]

    1: Used to express indifference when confronted with something very expensive.

      * e.g.,  ... -Coming out this evening? 


     [ "reasonable" ]

    2: Comes from the restaurant scene in American Psycho: "And speaking

      * e.g.,  ... -I can't...I had a seriously reasonable night yesterday. 


     [ "reasonable" ]

    3: of reasonable...(He shows McDermott the bill for the meal) only $470!"

      * e.g.,  ... -How much did you drop? 

     [ "Reason" ]

    1: A justification to yourself for a bad decision.

      * e.g.,  ... I want to get blackout on a Tuesday but I'll need a reason first. . . 

     [ "for reasons" ]

    1: Used as an explanation as to why you are requesting something when you don't want the people to know why. The more sinister your statement sounds in context, the better.

      * e.g.,  ... What is that cute girl's name on the left of the picture? I want to know for reasons... 

     [ "Reasons" ]

    1: Used to describe the frustrating or baffling result of a procedure when you aren't sure or confident that you have a valid explanation.

      * e.g.,  ... The client decided they wanted me to completely overhaul the project because reasons. 

     [ "reason" ]

    1: to get together and exchange ideas; a conversation between two cool souls.

      * e.g.,  ... ...yeah man, we gotta reason sometimes. 

     [ "Reason" ]

    1: The process by which people find out what is the truth. The opposite of faith.

      * e.g.,  ... Einstein discovered how relativity worked by using reason and thinking about it. 

     [ "reasoning" ]

    1: A meeting of rastas to speak spiritually and smoke some special herbs.

      * e.g.,  ... The herbalist is going to the reasoning tonight to enhance his spiritual ways 


     [ "reasoning" ]

    2: Before the splif is lit the leader says a prayer.

     [ "reasoning" ]

    1: \`rea'son`ing\ n.

      * e.g.,  ...  With simple reasoning and logic, Michael figured out the lateral thinking problem. 


     [ "reasoning" ]

    2:  Logical thinking

      * e.g.,  ...  The atheist/disbeliever pissed off the priest (or rabbi, cleric, etc) by using logic and reasoning to question the Bible (torah, quran, etc). 


     [ "reasoning" ]

    3:  A word not many devout religious followers are comfortable with (no offense).


     [ "reasoning" ]

    4: ( Sign of the "anti-christ"?)

     [ "The Reason" ]

    1: A song that was good until it got overplayed.

      * e.g.,  ... "All right, The Reason is on, I love this song!" 

     [ "No Reason" ]

    1: What you say when you don't want to give the real reason.

      * e.g.,  ... Who's that? 

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