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Word logic
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈlɒdʒɪk / NAmE / ˈlɑːdʒɪk /
Example
  • i fail to see the logic behind his argument.
  • the two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic.
  • linking the proposals in a single package did have a certain logic.
  • a strategy based on sound commercial logic
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logic

(noun)BrE / ˈlɒdʒɪk / NAmE / ˈlɑːdʒɪk /
  1. a way of thinking or explaining something
    • I fail to see the logic behind his argument.
    • The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic.
  2. sensible reasons for doing something
    • Linking the proposals in a single package did have a certain logic.
    • a strategy based on sound commercial logic
    • There is no logic to/in any of their claims.
  3. the science of thinking about or explaining the reason for something using formal methods
    • the rules of logic
  4. a system or set of principles used in preparing a computer to perform a particular task
    • See related entries: Computer programming
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/computer_programming/logic

    Extra Examples

    • I can’t follow the logic of what you are saying.
    • In their faulty logic, this is a great injustice.
    • It’s a stupid decision that completely defies logic.
    • Philosophers use logic to prove their arguments.
    • The logic of this argument is very obscure.
    • The music has its own inner logic.
    • The plan had a simple logic to it.
    • There doesn’t seem to be any logic in the move.
    • There is a compelling logic to his main theory.
    • There is sound commercial logic in never giving credit to retailers.
    • They questioned the logic underlying his actions.
    • This is clearly a case of circular logic.
    • What kind of twisted logic is that?
    • What’s the logic behind this decision?
    • You can’t use the same logic in dealing with children.
    • The two parts of the plan are governed by the same logic.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: via Old French logique and late Latin logica from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’.
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