- raison d'être
- [ˌreɪzɒ\raison d'être'dɛtrə]noun (plural raisons d'être pronunciation same) the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence.OriginFr., lit. 'reason for being'.
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Raison d'être — is a phrase borrowed from French where it means simply reason for being ; in English use it also comes to suggest a degree of rationalization, as The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone . It may also refer to:*Raison d être… … Wikipedia
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raison d'être — means ‘a purpose or reason that accounts for or justifies or originally causes a thing s existence’. As a loanword it is normally printed in italic type in English contexts. The plural form is raisons d être … Modern English usage
raison d'être — ► NOUN (pl. raisons d être pronunc. same) ▪ the most important reason or purpose for someone or something s existence. ORIGIN French, reason for being … English terms dictionary
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raison d’etre — [n] reason for being basis, justification for existing, rationale, reason for existing, reason why; concept 661 … New thesaurus
raison d'être — [rā′zōn det′, det′rə; ] Fr [ re zōn de′tr ] n. [Fr] reason for being; justification for existence … English World dictionary
raison d’être — /rā zɔ̃ deˈtr’/ (French) noun Reason for existence (purpose or cause) … Useful english dictionary
