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rational
nouns
a rational explanation
• I told myself that there must be some simple, rational explanation.
a rational decision/choice
• The patient was incapable of making a rational decision.
a rational approach
• We must adopt a rational approach when dealing with this problem.
a rational analysis
• Emotions are running so high that any rational analysis of the situation is difficult.
rational thought
• Babies were thought to be incapable of rational thought.
rational argument
• Nuclear weapons are so absurd that rational argument about their use is scarcely possible.
a rational conversation/discussion
• Let's all calm down and have a rational discussion.
adverbs
perfectly rational
• I'm sure there's a perfectly rational explanation.
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adj. VERBS be, seem It all seemed quite rational to me. ADV. highly, very | entirely, fully, perfectly, quite At the time she was perfectly rational. | purely, strictly | essentially Humans are essentially rational beings. | apparently | economically With children working from the age of ten, large families were economically rational. PREP. about Try to be rational about it.
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