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Grammar : Noun

Spell : rey-zohn de-truh; French re-zawn de-truh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ zoʊn ˈdɛ trə; French rɛ zɔ̃ ˈdɛ trə

Definition of raison d'être

Origin : "excuse for being," 1864, first recorded in letter of J.S. Mill, from French raison d'être, literally "rational grounds for existence."

As in justification : noun reason, excuse
As in rationale : noun logic for belief, action
As in function : noun capacity, job

Example sentences :

The raison d'etre therefore for the book is convenience and arrangement.
Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott

Of course the raison d'etre of being here is the sulphur spring.
Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner

The raison d'etre of marriage is human happiness now and in the generations to follow.
Extract from : « Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great Subject » by La Reine Helen Baker

The discussion of this proposal seems to make plain the raison d'etre for the existence of the Sentinel.
Extract from : « The Day of the Confederacy » by Nathaniel W. Stephenson

Moreover, we have the raison d'etre of the ghost: she had been a victim of the Chief Justice in Eyre.
Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

The question was sufficiently important to demand an experimental solution; hence the raison d'etre of the present demonstration.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 » by Various

So my reader will perhaps understand the raison d'etre of the proverb, "The lawyers own England."
Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell

Synonyms for raison d'être

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