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ragione — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • account noun A written or spoken description of events; a report.
  • justification noun A reason or explanation that shows an action or belief to be reasonable or acceptable.
  • 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.
  • right adj Correct, true, or in accordance with fact or good judgment.

Senses

ragione is used for these senses in English:

  • account A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
  • justification (countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.
  • ratio A number representing a comparison between two named things.
  • 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 An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
  • right That which complies with justice, law or reason.

account — full definition

  1. noun A written or spoken description of events; a report.
  2. noun A record of money held at a bank, or of a person's access to a service.
  3. verb To give a satisfactory explanation for something (usually with "for").

justification — full definition

  1. noun A reason or explanation that shows an action or belief to be reasonable or acceptable.
  2. noun The alignment of text so its edges line up evenly along a margin.

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