Reason and Wish

Reason

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

Wish and reason are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a noun "Reason".

Wish

Wish noun - An expression of some desire or inclination.

Reason and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

How words are described

good good reason good wish
exact exact reason exact wish
better better reason better wish
similar similar reason similar wish
Other adjectives: specific, stated, original, initial, true, single, simple, actual, real, little, main, personal, major, possible, apparent, different, biggest.

Common collocations

people reason people wish people
role reason role wish role
kind reason kind wish kind
problem reason problem wish problem
Other words: time, way, nothing, war, humans, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Skullgirls The Skull Heart grants her wish, rendering her free from "the needs of mind, body and soul...of memory, reason, and morals...", and transforms her into a Skullgirl of unprecedented power.
  • The entire reason he pulled out the Fury containing Eryn, starting the plot of the game, is because he thought it would let him wish for some food.
  • Who Wants to Live Forever? Philosophers of the theological theory of Pandeism hypothesize this as one possible reason why an immortal deity would wish to cease to be one, and become the Universe instead.
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