reasoned

[US]/'riznd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. thorough and logical in presenting arguments; having sufficient reasons; based on sound logic
v. to convince; to deduce

Phrases & Collocations

reasoned argument

logical reasoning

Example Sentences

reasoned out a solution to the problem.

I reasoned from his silence that he was unhappy.

This is something he can be reasoned into, given time.

The workers have reasoned out that the real power is in their own hands.

I have reasoned him out of his wish to go to America.

I reasoned that somebody important must have been at the other end of the line.

Several pages of closely reasoned argument preface her account of the war.

I reasoned that since she had not answered my letter she must be angry with me.

He reasoned that if we start at now, we could arrive before noon.

The lawyer reasoned against any changes being made in the law.

The employer reasoned from his opinion of the workers and decided to increase their pay.

Father must be reasoned out of driving home in such dangerous conditions.

The group— from the laboratories of one of us (Collier) and George M.Whitesides—reasoned that a plugged heptamer would be unable to draw the factors into cells.

Real-world Examples

Was the resentment reasoned out? Was the acceptance reasoned out?

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

" Transparency ensures both reasoned decision-making and official accountability" .

Source: VOA Daily Standard May 2020 Collection

Meg reasoned, pleaded, and commanded, all in vain.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Someone else will stop for him, I reasoned.

Source: New Century College English Comprehensive Course (2nd Edition) Volume 2

Not that Buck reasoned it out.

Source: The Call of the Wild

They reasoned that he wouldn't accept the idea.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

" Well reasoned, " said the voice, and the door swung open.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The " law-and-economics" movement made the courts more reasoned and rigorous.

Source: The Economist - Finance

Raman reasoned that this temperature difference could be exploited to generate electricity.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American July 2020 Collection

So reasoned the detective, while the hours crept by all too slowly.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

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