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reasonable

adj
/ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl/UK/ˈɹi.zə.nə.bəl/CA/ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl/

Etymology

From Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, from ratiō. By surface analysis, reason + -able. Doublet of rationable.

  1. derived from ratiōnābilis
  2. derived from resnable
  3. inherited from resonable

Definitions

  1. Having the faculty of reason

    Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.

    • The wiſdome and underſtanding of this Beaſt [the beaver], vvill almoſt conclude him a reaſonable creature: […]

  2. Just

    Just; fair; agreeable to reason.

  3. Not excessive or immoderate

    Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.

    • a reasonable demand, amount, or price
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Not expensive

      Not expensive; fairly priced.

      • $20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant.
      • Say, would you happen to know a good place for lunch in the downtown area? ... The Radisson ... Oh yah? ... Is it reasonable?
      • The 3a Pro is an extremely reasonable $ 559, and the regular 3a is an even more extremely reasonable $ 379.

    2. Satisfactory.

      • The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reasonable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reasonable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at reasonable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA