Words / B2

REEZN-uh-bl/ˈriːznəbl/

Reasonable means fair and sensible, or not too expensive: a reasonable adjustment; a reasonable price. Reason is the noun (already in the dictionary). A reasonable adjustment must be agreed before the paper. Opposite: unreasonable / irrational (already elsewhere). Do not call a guess reasonable without grounds.

Meaning

Fair and sensible; also not too expensive, or quite good.

Examples

• “A reasonable adjustment must be agreed before the paper starts.”
• “The quote was reasonable, which is the “not too dear” sense.”

Good to know

a reasonable + noun; reasonably. Law: reasonable adjustment / doubt. Opposite: unreasonable. Access arrangements and consumer news. Fair, not “average”.

Near in meaning

fair

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