Logical Thing Conclusion Adjective Bre ˈlɒdʒɪkl ˈlɑːdʒɪkl Circumstances

• a logical thing to do in the circumstances
• it was a logical conclusion from the child's point of view.
• each of them having their own room was the logical solution.
• a logical argument

logical

1. seeming natural, reasonable or sensible
• a logical thing to do in the circumstances
• It was a logical conclusion from the child's point of view.
• Each of them having their own room was the logical solution.
2. following or able to follow the rules of logic in which ideas or facts are based on other true ideas or facts
• a logical argument
• Computer programming needs someone with a logical mind.

Extra Examples

• His arguments seemed perfectly logical.
• It all sounds quite logical.
• The issue here is purely logical: it has nothing to do with ethics.
• A contradiction is a logical impossibility.
• It seemed logical to try and contact the child’s mother.
• It was a logical thing to do in the circumstances.
• She suggests that a decline in language would lead to a decline in logical thinking.
• That’s a logical conclusion to draw.
• The problem can be solved using a process of logical reasoning.
• The question is completely logical and completely absurd.
• We need to have a logical rather than an emotional response to these events.
• What she said sounded logical enough.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from medieval Latin logicalis from late Latin logica, from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’.