rational
pronunciation
How to pronounce rational in British English:
UK [ˈræʃnəl]
How to pronounce rational in American English:
US [ˈræʃnəl]
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- Adjective:
- consistent with or based on or using reason
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
- having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion)
Word Origin
- rational (adj.)
- late 14c., "pertaining to reason;" mid-15c., "endowed with reason," from Old French racionel and directly from Latin rationalis "of or belonging to reason, reasonable," from ratio (genitive rationis) "reckoning, calculation, reason" (see ratio).
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Example
- 1. Rational shareholders will prefer the latter .
- 2. People are not always economically rational .
- 3. The first presumes people are rational .
- 4. I am a completely rational person .
- 5. It is an entirely rational choice .