Reason and Understand

Reason

Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

Usage example: she reasoned that since all of the cakes were on sale for the same price, she might as well pick the biggest one

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Understand and reason are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead the word "Reason" as a verb or a noun.

Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.

Usage example: as I understand it, this is the best plan that we have

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Reason and understand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reason" instead the word "Understand" as a verb or a noun.

sense	reason sense	understand sense
mind	reason mind	understand mind
power	reason power	understand power
people	reason people	understand people
Other words: time, way, joke, feelings, humans, motives.

Part of the reason is he is Oblivious to Love and doesn't understand she see is actually in love with him.

Source: Light Novel / Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness
Literal-Minded: The reason Chris doesn't understand metaphors and therefore considers them lies.

Source: Literature / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
This trope only applies if there is a reason in universe for the characters to be speaking in a language the audience can understand instead of the characters' own.

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