raó — meaning in English

English meaning

• grounds noun Reasons or justification for something.
• ratio noun A comparison between two amounts, showing how many times one contains the other.
• reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.

Senses

raó is used for these senses in English:

• grounds (legal) Basis or justification for something.
• ratio (Internet) The number of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes; a high ratio suggests disagreement with the contents of the original post.
• reason That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
• reason (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

grounds — full definition

1. noun Reasons or justification for something.
2. noun The land surrounding a building, such as a garden or estate.
3. noun The solid particles that settle at the bottom of a liquid, especially coffee.

ratio — full definition

1. noun A comparison between two amounts, showing how many times one contains the other.
2. verb In social media slang, to reply to a post with far more engagement than the post itself received, usually to criticize or mock it.

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