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raison

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raison [ʀɛzɔ̃] nfreason;
avoir raison → to be right;
donner raison à qn [personne] → to agree with sb; [fait] → to prove sb right;
avoir raison de qn/qch → to get the better of sb/sth;
se faire une raison → to learn to live with it;
perdre la raison → to become insane (fig); to take leave of one's senses;
recouvrer la raison → to come to one's senses;
ramener qn à la raison → to make sb see sense;
demander raison à qn de [+ affront etc] → to demand satisfaction from sb for;
entendre raison → to listen to reason, see reason;
plus que de raison → too much, more than is reasonable;
raison de plus → all the more reason;
à plus forte raison → all the more so;
en raison de (= à cause de) → because of (= à proportion de); in proportion to;
à raison de → at the rate of;
raison d'État → reason of state;
raison d'être → raison d'être;
raison sociale → corporate name

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