reasonable person
A fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member…A fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."
» You're a reasonable person, I hope.
Meaning
2 sensesA fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reasonable, person.
Examples
18 sentencesYou're a reasonable person, I hope.
No reasonable person would do that.
deKeiner mit ein bisschen Verstand würde so etwas tun. — brauchinet
You seem to be a reasonable person.
ruТы, похоже, разумный человек. — marafon
deDu scheinst ein vernünftiger Mensch zu sein. — Waldelfe
A reasonable person wouldn't have done that.
I know Tom is a reasonable person.
Translations
3 languagesForms
plural: reasonable persons / reasonable people| Singular | reasonable person |
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| Plural | reasonable persons / reasonable people |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular