Vernunft — meaning in English
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English meaning
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gumption
noun Practical common sense and the drive to get things done without being told.
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reason
noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
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sanity
noun The state of having a healthy, rational mind.
Senses
Vernunft is used for these senses in English:
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gumption
(UK, Irish) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]
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reason
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
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sanity
Reasonable and rational behaviour.
reason — full definition
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noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
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noun The ability to think logically and make judgments; rational thought.
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verb To think through something logically in order to reach a conclusion.
