reason

Naija

Etymology

From English: reason

Pronunciation

• rízìn

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 19
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 479
• Frequency in raw corpus: 977
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 374

Noun

1. wetin be de cause of someting

   Dis one force di company to comot for some time, dem say na for security reason.  — (bbc__78583, _The company shut down for awhile due to securty reason_)

   • Di reason behind di Argungu fishing festival na to promote unity and fishing.  — (bbc__37754, _The Argungu fishing festival holds annually in other to promote unity and fishing_)
   • Di researchers come conclude say make dem wey like red meat no stop to dey chop because of health reason.  — (bbc__37950, _The researchers concluded that non vegetarians should not stop the consumption of red meat for health reasons__)
   • Garri no fit get any reason to cost o,  — (WAZP_02_Porico_M__106, There is no justification for the inflation in the cost of Garri.)
   • Di Embassy bin announce say dem don close dem Abuja goment office for visa and American Citizen Service without reason.  — (bbc__31217, _American Embassy closed down their visa and citizen service office without reason_)

Related forms

• health reason, security reason

Translations

• English: cause of motivation for an action

Verb

1. make person think about someting well well before e do am

   • reason am wellwell before you talk o. Egbokhare -2020.  — Think carefully before speaking

2. make wetin person think be why e do wetin e do

   • Na football some pipo use reason di collabo.  — (bbc__70746, __no translation__)
   • Every pikin get right to reason wetin im wan reason, and to worship wetin im wan worship.  — (hildrights__344, __no translation__))
   • Dey reason men.  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__195, Considering men.)
   • Di case wey dem list as Naruto V David Slater don make people dey reason di need to dey give animals legal rights.  — (bbc__33466, __no translation__)
   • #NyscAllowance dey make corpers dey reason no go follow for Labour strike  — (bbc__8094, __no translation__)
   • INEC don promise to take proper care of corpers during election #NyscAllowance dey make corpers dey reason no go follow for Labour strike  — (bbc__57241, __no translation__)
   • Wetin dey make you dey reason, wetin dey make you concentrate, e don go.  — (NST_cleaned__6190, __no translation__)

Translations

• English: think, reflect