Reasonable

Definition

reasonable /'ri:znǝbl/ adj ၁။ (က) မွ်တေသာ။ No reasonable person could refuse. ❍ She's perfectly reasonable in her demands. (ခ) မွ်တေသာ။ လက္ေတြ႕က်ေသာ။ ယုတၱိတန္ ေသာ။ a reasonable attitude/conclusion ❍ a reasonable suspicion/fear/belief ❍ It's not reasonable to expect a child to understand sarcasm. ❍ Is the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt? ၂။ ထိုက္သင့္ေသာ။ a reasonable fee/offer/claim ❍ He demands to be given reasonable access to his son. ၃။ (အဖိုးသားနား)သင့္ျမတ္ေသာ၊ တန္ေသာ။ Ten pounds for a good dictionary seems reasonable enough. Compare UNREASONABLE ၄။ သင့္တင့္ေသာ။ (ျပဳ၊ ျဖစ္)တန္ေသာ၊ ေကာင္းေသာ။ reasonable weather/health/food ❍ There's a reasonable chance that he'll come. reasonableness n [U] ❏ reasonably /-ǝbli/ adv ၁။ အက်ဳိးသင့္အေၾကာင္းသင့္။ စဥ္းစဥ္းစားစား။ discuss the matter calmly and reasonably. ၂။ အတန္အသင့္။ အေတာ္အသင့္။ ေတာ္ေတာ္။ reasonably good/cheap/intelligent/accurate ❍ a reasonably-priced book ❍ He seems reasonably satisfied with it.

Examples

1. I’ll come back when you’re in a more reasonable mood.
2. [be reasonable] : Come on
3. be reasonable – I didn’t mean to do it!
4. We have taken all reasonable precautions to avoid an accident.
5. It’s reasonable to assume that these measures will prove successful.
6. They had reasonable grounds for taking action.
7. [beyond (a) reasonable doubt] : The prosecution must prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.
8. [a reasonable explanation/excuse] : I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for his absence.
9. Tourists have a right to expect a reasonable standard of accommodation.
10. The hotel is situated within a reasonable distance of the beach.
11. Set the heating system to a reasonable level.
12. This service is provided at a reasonable cost.
13. Ed spoke with infuriating reasonableness.