道理 — meaning in English
dào li
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English meaning
- complainant noun A person who makes a formal complaint, especially in a legal or official setting.
- justification noun A reason or explanation that shows an action or belief to be reasonable or acceptable.
- occasion noun A particular time when something happens, especially something notable.
- ration noun A fixed, limited amount of something, especially food, given out to each person.
- rationale noun The set of reasons or logical basis behind a decision or action.
- sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
- validation noun The act of confirming that something is correct, genuine, or meets a standard.
Senses
道理 is used for these senses in English:
- complainant One who makes complaint, one who complains.
- justification (countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
- occasion An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]
- ration A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.
- rationale A justification or rationalization for something.
- sense (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- validation The act of validating something.
justification — full definition
- noun A reason or explanation that shows an action or belief to be reasonable or acceptable.
- noun The alignment of text so its edges line up evenly along a margin.