rational reason

collocation in English

meaningsofrationalandreason

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rational
adjective
uk
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofrationalandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisrationalreasonmay come from relying on the faculty itself of his group.
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I always used to find arationalreasonfor excusing my deeds.
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It was put in for a perfectlyrationalreason.
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There is only onerationalreasonfor a penal system.
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There is norationalreasonfor three months' imprisonment.
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There can be no good, reasonable,rationalreason.
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There is a perfectlyrationalreasonfor that.
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That is wholly unacceptable, for arationalreason.
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Norationalreasonwas ever given for it.
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It is a much morerationalreasonthan any suggested by anybody else.
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There is no rhyme orrationalreasonfor a great deal of what is going on.
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In other words it was not arationalreasonbut an emotional one.
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In this context our exclusivist may have a goodrationalreasonfor thinking that the faculty of his group is more acute, sensitive, and precise than that of the competition.
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I can see norationalreasonwhy the college should appear to be in such a stark crisis.
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Given the limited range of benefits, there has to be arationalreasonfor such a large increase.
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We are referring to reasonable conditions which, when not met, provide arationalreasonfor having an exemption.
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I tried to work out somerationalreasonfor bringing them together in the positions they now occupy.
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We want to be given somerationalreasonwhy the two sets of people should be dealt with differently.
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He cannot see anyrationalreasonfor fixing it at the age of 75, and asked me why that age was chosen.
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There is norationalreasonfor them to have taken four years to resolve whether there should be an approved code of practice.
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There is norationalreason, other than the whim of the entry certificate officer, why one should have been given a certificate while the other was refused.
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The onlyrationalreasonwhy the seed company stopped notifying the farmers at that point was that it received advice from some source or other to do so.
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There is absolutely norationalreasonto believe that a change to a common age of consent at 16 would introduce decadence or corruption into our society.
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It is completely non-controversial in the sense that no one who has looked into the matter has ever been able to conceive anyrationalreasonwhy this duty should stand.
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