An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
RATIONALE
rationale, principle
(noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); “the rationale for capital punishment”; “the principles of internal-combustion engines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
rationale (plural rationales or rationalia)
An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
A justification or rationalization for something.
Synonyms
• (explanation): reasoning, rationalization
• (justification): reasoning
Etymology 2
Noun
rationale (plural rationales)
(rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.
Anagrams
• alienator, taeniolar
Source: Wiktionary
Ra`tion*a"le, n. Etym: [L. rationalis, neut. rationale. See Rational, a.]
Definition: An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or like; also, the principles themselves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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