What does reasonable mean?
Definitions for reasonable
ˈri zə nə bəl, ˈriz nə-rea·son·able
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Princeton's WordNet
reasonable, sensibleadjective
showing reason or sound judgment
"a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
fair, fairish, reasonableadjective
not excessive or extreme
"a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
reasonable, saneadjective
marked by sound judgment
"sane nuclear policy"
Wiktionary
reasonableadjective
Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
reasonableadjective
Satisfactory.
Etymology: resnable, from rationabilis, more at reason, -able.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Reasonableadjective
Etymology: raison, Fr.
She perceived her only son lay hurt, and that his hurt was so deadly, as that already his life had lost use of the reasonable and almost sensible part. Philip Sidney.
The parliament was dissolved, and gentlemen furnished with such forces, as were held sufficient to hold in bridle either the malice or rage of reasonable people. John Hayward.
A law may be reasonable in itself, although a man does not allow it, or does not know the reason of the lawgivers. Jonathan Swift.
Let all things be thought upon,
That may with reasonable swiftness add
More feathers to our wings. William Shakespeare, Henry V.I could with reasonable good manner receive the salutation of her and of the princess Pamela, doing them yet no further reverence than one princess oweth to another. Philip Sidney.
A good way distant from the nigra rupes, there are four several lands of reasonable quantity. George Abbot, Descr. of the World.
Notwithstanding these defects, the English colonies maintained themselves in a reasonable good estate, as long as they retained their own ancient laws. John Davies, on Ireland.
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reasonable
Reasonable, as an adjective, refers to having sound judgment, being fair and sensible in decisions and actions. It can also describe something as being moderate or within rational or acceptable limits. When describing people, it often implies that they are generally guided by logic and practicality rather than emotions.
Webster Dictionary
Reasonablenoun
having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being
Reasonablenoun
governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men
Reasonablenoun
not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price
Reasonableadverb
reasonably; tolerably
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'reasonable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1782
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'reasonable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1277
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'reasonable' in Adjectives Frequency: #213
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of reasonable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reasonable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of reasonable in a Sentence
The pact between the Socialists and Ciudadanos is aimed at tagging the PP and especially Podemos with the blame of potential new elections if they do not abstain to facilitate a Sanchez-led administration, the strategy is to force Podemos to assume the cost of voting alongside the PP, and to accuse incumbent Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of irresponsible behavior for not wanting to support a reasonable, encompassing reformist agreement.
I would say that we'll do this work as long as it takes to complete it. Flexibility is important, if we run into significant resistance, then obviously it will take longer, i would love to say we would be able to finish it within a reasonable period of time. But for those of us who had a ringside seat on January 6, it was very damaging to the worldview of who we are as Americans. And we have to fix that worldview.
I think these are important steps because in recent years the system has been set up to favor the applicant and to put the thumb on the scale in favor of the applicant and to make it harder for an asylum officer to reject the claim, even in cases of reasonable doubt or credibility, there's been a very remarkable increase in the number of people asking for asylum in the last five or six years or so, and ... it looks very much like people were trying to take advantage of a very lenient system and one they would not be penalized for using and that motivates illegal immigration and harms the integrity of our legal immigration system.
This will shift the focus to how they will right size the ship and keep leverage within a reasonable level.
In our country, even if you are a terrible person, if you are murderer or a rapist, you are accused, but then you're given a chance to confront tour accusers. The burden is on the government. There has to be a burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt.
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- معقولArabic
- разу́мныBelarusian
- разуменBulgarian
- raonableCatalan, Valencian
- rozumnýCzech
- vernünftig, anständigGerman
- οφειλόμενος, λογικός, τίμιος, ευάρεστος, δικαιολογημένοςGreek
- razonableSpanish
- kunnollinen, kohtuullinen, joltinenkin, sopiva, järkeenkäypäFinnish
- raisonnable, correct, juste, satisfaisantFrench
- réasúnta, ciallmharIrish
- cothromach, reusantaScottish Gaelic
- razoable, razoábelGalician
- ragionevole, moderatoItalian
- rimelig, fornuftigNorwegian
- rasonableOccitan
- uzasadniony, rozsądny, satysfakcjonującyPolish
- satisfatório, razoável, em contaPortuguese
- удовлетворительный, недорогой, разумныйRussian
- arsyeshëmAlbanian
- makulTurkish
- 合理Chinese
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