reasonable
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2.2
- adjective
- /ˈrizənəbl/
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razonable
- Her request for a reasonable amount of time to complete the task was accepted.
- a reasonable time
- a reasonable price
- a reasonable cost
In contrast, the drive at a reasonable speed law is a standard.
- In contrast, the drive at a reasonable speed law is a standard.
- It's also a very small, reasonable place to start.
- I'd like to help save the world within reasonable costs of effort and time.
- In one there is a reasonable amount of food.
- That's much more reasonable to me as an expectation.
- Did you know that a reasonable amount of time before you separated?
- So things like going to film markets, that's a reasonable justifiable distribution expense.
- So that was a, that was a reasonable realistic disaster movie.
- So, you know, and that's now become the reasonable moderate decent position.
Examples
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Certainly, this is an appropriate and reasonable goal in a democratic society.
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How about we set a reasonable target?
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OK, so seems like a reasonable way to to do this.
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OK, so this is, you know, this is reasonable advice.
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Sounds like a reasonable thing to do, right?
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It's also a very small, reasonable place to start.
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That should give you a reasonable chance.
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I'd like to help save the world within reasonable costs of effort and time.
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Yes, but he ran out on his debts, so we got the villa at a very reasonable price.
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Making high-quality photographic reproductions available at reasonable prices for publications is also necessary.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
415
3.3
Not very large or intense
274
1.0
Average in quality or amount, neither very good nor bad
5
4.6
Not showing extreme feelings or strong behavior
Reasonably good but not great
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
1
3.8
Enough careful attention a sensible person gives in a situation to avoid harm
How Moderate
302
2.2
125
3.0
224
3.6
877
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reasonable meaning 'not excessive' is easy to remember with the phrase 'within reason' because it uses the same root reason. That shows something reasonable stays inside fair, moderate limits rather than being extreme.