How do you use Rational in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like logical or reasonable, plus the exact meaning.

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Rational in a sentence

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Rational meaning

  1. Capable of reasoning.
  2. Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.
  3. Healthy or balanced intellectually; exhibiting reasonableness.

Synonyms of Rational

logical reasonable sane irrational intellectual noetic sensible thinking reasoning intelligent demythologised demythologized lucid coherent mental

Example sentences (20)

How can we get to a rational, reasonable, nuanced and mutually-respectful national conversation about gun violence?

I believe in G-d (also for rational reasons), and it is axiomatic that if there is a just G-d, there is an afterlife.

Its rational that a company going through turmoil would not acquire another company in an attempt to preserve capital.

Lady Reason, having got nowhere with a rational critique of irrational passion, becomes increasingly hysterical.

Rather it would be much more rational to build from the grass roots to match the organisational strength of BJP.

Whatever Ottawa does, though, it shouldn’t expect a reasonable or rational response from Alberta’s government.

There is of course intelligent criticism of Ardern from more thoughtful, rational and less easily led people.

And the other question is, of course, the rational use of resources, to see if it allows savings to be made," said Riisalo.

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A financial adviser can act as your rational brain and keep your investments on track for the long term.

Blacks people responded in a perfectly rational manner: they got their guns and blew the Klansmen away.

In summary, this short piece did not intend to provide an independent rational argument for the immorality of anal intercourse.

These images always seemed to me to be metaphors, although I understand that rational people disagree with that interpretation.

If in future the UK does apply for EU membership, I would expect a rational EU to respond as follows.

Many anime villains made rational points to explain how they acted and why it was society's fault.

Defense attorney Charles Kenyon argued Jimenez was not rational at the time and in the throes of schizophrenia when he shot the teens.

What we are seen today, throughout this year, in fact, is a more, I'd say, rational environment.

As a rational investment fund, PIF acts independently in carrying out its investment activities.

Basic economics teaches that a rational business will make decisions that maximize its profits.

Listen, the rational part of my mind understands that is 38 years of age and could easily be the parents of older kids and not toddlers.

Therefore, high levels of spending are a rational response to an irrational fiat money system.

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Common combinations with rational

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • rational and 15×
  • the rational 15×
  • and rational 12×
  • of rational
  • no rational
  • more rational
  • rational numbers
  • that rational
  • be rational
  • any rational

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rational" in a sentence?
An example: "How can we get to a rational, reasonable, nuanced and mutually-respectful national conversation about gun violence?" This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "rational" from real English texts.
What does "rational" mean?
Rational means: Capable of reasoning.
What are synonyms of "rational"?
Common synonyms of "rational" include: logical, reasonable, sane, irrational, intellectual, noetic, sensible, thinking. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "rational" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "rational", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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