RATIONAL


Meaning of RATIONAL in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , seem

It all seemed quite ~ to me.

ADVERB

▪ highly , very

▪ completely , eminently ( formal ), entirely , fully , perfectly , quite

At the time she was perfectly ~.

▪ purely , strictly

▪ essentially

Humans are essentially ~ beings.

▪ apparently

▪ economically

With children working from the age of ten, large families were economically ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

Try to be ~ about it.

Rational is used with these nouns: ↑ agent , ↑ approach , ↑ argument , ↑ basis , ↑ being , ↑ belief , ↑ calculation , ↑ choice , ↑ debate , ↑ decision , ↑ deliberation , ↑ discussion , ↑ enquiry , ↑ expectation , ↑ explanation , ↑ faculty , ↑ justification , ↑ manner , ↑ mind , ↑ number , ↑ person , ↑ reason , ↑ response , ↑ self-interest , ↑ soul , ↑ thinking , ↑ thought , ↑ understanding

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