(law) A fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."

The process of making inferences based upon observed patterns, or simple repetition. Often used in reference to predictions about what will happen or does happen, based upon what has happened.

Inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true. / Inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises.

Determining plausibility based on a set of evidence.

Synonym of see sense

plural of age of reason

plural of reason piece

Alternative form of raising piece (“wall plate”)

(Internet slang) Used to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps the reasons are too many or too involved or too time consuming to specify, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.

(philosophy) The use of reason to decide how to act.