| any |
| 1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all. | |
| I will not remain here any longer. | |
| If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways! | |
| 2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all. | |
| do you have any biscuits?; do you have any food?; I haven't got any money; it won't do you any good | |
| 3. det. No matter what kind. | |
| choose any items you want; any person may apply | |
| 4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s). | |
| Any may apply. | |
| rational |
| 1. adj. Capable of reasoning. | |
| Man is a rational creature. | |
| 2. adj. Logically sound; not contradictory or otherwise absurd. | |
| His statements were quite rational. | |
| 3. adj. (of a person or personal characteristics) Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness. | |
| rational conduct | |
| 4. adj. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers. | |
| ¾ is a rational number, but √2 is an irrational number. | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics, arithmetic, not comparable) Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials. | |
| 6. adj. (chemistry) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; said of formulae. | |
| 7. adj. (physics) Expressing a physical object. | |
| A rational table is physical, a written table is neither. | |
| 8. n. (mathematics) A rational number: a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers. | |
| The quotient of two rationals is again a rational. | |
| 9. n. (historical) The breastplate worn by Israelite high priests. | |
| 1609, Douay-Rheims Bible, Exodus 28:15 | |
| And thou shalt make the rational of judgment with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine tw | |
| expression |
| 1. n. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. | |
| 2. n. A particular way of phrasing an idea. | |
| 3. n. A colloquialism or idiom. | |
| The expression "break a leg!" should not be taken literally. | |
| 4. n. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion. | |
| They stared at the newcomer with a puzzled expression. | |
| The best poker players can tell if the opponents have a good hand by looking at their expression. | |
| Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired. | |
| 5. n. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols. | |
| 6. n. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein. | |
| 7. n. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value. | |
| 8. n. A specific blend of whisky. | |
| 9. n. (biology) The act of pressing or squeezing out. | |
| expression from a gland | |
| the expression of milk from the mammaries | |
| 10. n. (music) The tone of voice or sound in music. | |
| reason |
| 1. n. A cause: | |
| 2. n. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. | |
| The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted. | |
| 3. n. A motive for an action or a determination. | |
| The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money. | |
| If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't. | |
| 4. n. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. | |
| 5. n. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. | |
| Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. | |
| 7. n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions. | |
| 11. v. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. | |
| I reasoned the matter with my friend. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request. | |
| 13. v. To persuade by reasoning or argument. | |
| to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan | |
| 14. v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. | |
| to reason down a passion | |
| 15. v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. | |
| to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon | |
