Collocations for "reason"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "reason" in context.
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reason
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [good, bad, precise, plausible] reason
- need a good reason to [go, say, do]
- that is a bad reason to [go]
- better have a good reason for [saying, declaring, attacking]
- a reason for not [doing, eating, finishing]
- have [a, no] reason to live
- all the more reason to [try, go]
- that's no reason to [cry, quit, give up]
- there is no good reason to [think, believe] (that)
- give me [a, one] good reason why
- there must be [a good, some] reason (that)
- must have [a good] reason (for)
- [discover, unearth, find out, know] the reasons
- [find out, establish] the reason [behind, for] the [incident, delay, decision]
- [reptiles, mollusks] don't [possess, have] reason
- [simply, just] won't listen to reason
- they brought him to reason
- [willing to, will] do anything within reason
- your [answer, comment, thinking] stands to reason
- it stands to reason that
- the [cost, amount, price] is within reason
- (he hit me) for no apparent reason
- if, for any reason, you [can't, find, wish]
- by reason of the [weather, law, cost]
- by reason of his [experience, knowledge, abilities]
- the [Age, faculty, power] of reason
- reason with the [kidnapper, robber]
- there's no reasoning with her
- (tried to) reason with her about the [wedding, dress, party, date]
- reason [yourself, your way] out of
- reason your way [through the problem, to the solution]
- reasoned out the [problem, solution]
- reason it (out) logically
- reasoned that she [must, could, might] have
'reason' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
I
- absence
- absolutely
- actual
- all
- another
- any
- apparent
- arise
- ashamed
- assertive
- beyond
- celebrate
- celebration
- cheer
- compelling
- complain
- concerned
- concrete
- connection
- contrary
- convenient
- damn
- damned
- darn
- discharge
- discrepancy
- discussion
- dismiss
- dismissal
- entirely
- envy
- established
- exact
- expect
- express
- fathom
- fidget
- flare
- fundamental
- given
- guess
- guilty
- hate
- invent
- known
- lapse
- laughter
- likely
- limit