adj
Meaning 1
Logical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
logic
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: lŏj'ĭk
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/
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Canada, General-American: lŏ'jĭk
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Canada, General-American: /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/
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Australian: lŏj'ĭk
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Australian: /ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk/
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/ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ək/
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[ˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.ək]
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rhymes with -ɒdʒɪk
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noun
Meaning 2
A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- apply logic
- understand logic
- use logic
- pure logic
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noun
Meaning 3
The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- It's hard to work out his system of logic.
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noun
Meaning 7
The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Fred is designing the logic for the new controller.
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noun
Meaning 8
A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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verb
Meaning 9
To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To apply logical reasoning to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To overcome by logical argument.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 12
reasoned and reasonable judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it made a certain kind of logic
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Broader terms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit
noun
Meaning 13
a system of reasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: logical system, system of logic
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Broader terms: system, system of rules
Narrower terms: Aristotelian logic, symbolic logic, mathematical logic, formal logic
noun
Meaning 14
the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- economic logic requires it
- by the logic of war
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Broader terms: principle
noun
Meaning 15
the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: system, system of rules
noun
Meaning 16
the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: philosophy
Narrower terms: modal logic
History
Etymology
From Middle English logike, from Old French and Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογῐκός (logĭkós). Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.
From Middle English logik, from Old French logike, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ, “logic”), from feminine of λογικός (logikós, “of or pertaining to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, reason”). Displaced native Old English flitcræft (literally “art of arguing”).
Across languages
Translations
204 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: logjikë — method of human thought
- Arabic: مَنْطِق (manṭiq) — method of human thought
- Armenian: տրամաբանություն (tramabanutʻyun) — method of human thought
- Armenian: լոգիկա (logika) — method of human thought
- Azerbaijani: məntiq — method of human thought
- Basque: logika — method of human thought
- Belarusian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — method of human thought
- Belarusian: лёгіка (ljóhika) — method of human thought
- Bengali: মন্তেক (montek) — method of human thought
- Bulgarian: ло́гика (lógika) — method of human thought
- Burmese: ယုတ္တိ (yutti.) — method of human thought
- Catalan: lògica — method of human thought
- Chinese Cantonese: 邏輯 /逻辑 — method of human thought
- Chinese Mandarin: 邏輯 /逻辑 (luóji) — method of human thought
- Chinese Mandarin: 論理 /论理 (lùnlǐ) — method of human thought
- Czech: logika — method of human thought
- Danish: logik — method of human thought
- Dutch: logica — method of human thought
- Esperanto: logiko — method of human thought
- Estonian: loogika — method of human thought
- Finnish: logiikka — method of human thought
- French: logique — method of human thought
- Galician: lóxica — method of human thought
- Georgian: ლოგიკა (logiḳa) — method of human thought
- German: Logik — method of human thought
- Greek: λογική (logikí) — method of human thought
- Hebrew: הִגָּיוֹן (higayón) — method of human thought
- Hindi: तर्क (tark) — method of human thought
- Hindi: मंतिक़ (mantiq) — method of human thought
- Hungarian: logika — method of human thought
- Icelandic: rökfræði — method of human thought
- Indonesian: logika — method of human thought
- Indonesian: mantik — method of human thought
- Irish: loighic — method of human thought
- Italian: logica — method of human thought
- Italian: logica matematica — method of human thought
- Japanese: 論理 (ronri) — method of human thought
- Kazakh: логика (logika) — method of human thought
- Kazakh: қисын (qisyn) — method of human thought
- Khmer: តក្ក (takkaʼ) — method of human thought
- Korean: 논리 (nolli) — method of human thought
- Korean: 론리 (rolli) — method of human thought
- Northern Kurdish: mentiq — method of human thought
- Kyrgyz: логика (logika) — method of human thought
- Lao: ຕັກກະ (tak ka) — method of human thought
- Latin: dialectica — method of human thought
- Latvian: loģika — method of human thought
- Lithuanian: logika — method of human thought
- Macedonian: ло́гика (lógika) — method of human thought
- Malay: mantik — method of human thought
- Malay: logika — method of human thought
- Malay: logik — method of human thought
- Māori: (whakaaro) arorau — method of human thought
- Mongolian: логик (logik) — method of human thought
- Norwegian Bokmål: logikk — method of human thought
- Old English: flitcræft — method of human thought
- Pashto: منطق (mantéq) — method of human thought
- Dari: مَنْطِق (mantiq) — method of human thought
- Iranian Persian: مَنْطِق (manteġ) — method of human thought
- Polish: logika — method of human thought
- Portuguese: lógica — method of human thought
- Romanian: logică — method of human thought
- Russian: ло́гика (lógika) — method of human thought
- Sanskrit: न्यायम् (nyāyam) — method of human thought
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̀гика — method of human thought
- Serbo-Croatian: lògika — method of human thought
- Slovak: logika — method of human thought
- Slovene: logika — method of human thought
- Spanish: lógica — method of human thought
- Swahili: mantiki — method of human thought
- Swedish: logik — method of human thought
- Tagalog: matwiran — method of human thought
- Tagalog: lohika — method of human thought
- Tajik: мантиқ (mantiq) — method of human thought
- Tatar: мантыйк (mantıyq) — method of human thought
- Telugu: తర్కము (tarkamu) — method of human thought
- Thai: ตรรกะ (dtàk-gà) — method of human thought
- Tok Pisin: lajik — method of human thought
- Turkish: mantık — method of human thought
- Turkish: eseme — method of human thought
- Ottoman Turkish: منطق (mantık) — method of human thought
- Turkmen: logika — method of human thought
- Ukrainian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — method of human thought
- Urdu: مَنْطِق (mantiq) — method of human thought
- Urdu: تَرْک (tark) — method of human thought
- Uyghur: مەنتىق (mentiq) — method of human thought
- Uzbek: mantiq — method of human thought
- Uzbek: logika — method of human thought
- Vietnamese: logic — method of human thought
- Vietnamese: lô-gíc — method of human thought
- Vietnamese: luận lý — method of human thought
- Welsh: rhesymeg — method of human thought
- Xhosa: i-logic — method of human thought
- Yiddish: לאָגיק (logik) — method of human thought
- Zhuang: lozciz — method of human thought
- Arabic: مَنْطِق (manṭiq) — mathematical study
- Armenian: տրամաբանություն (tramabanutʻyun) — mathematical study
- Azerbaijani: məntiq — mathematical study
- Belarusian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — mathematical study
- Belarusian: лёгіка (ljóhika) — mathematical study
- Bulgarian: ло́гика (lógika) — mathematical study
- Burmese: တက္ကဗေဒ (takka.beda.) — mathematical study
- Burmese: ယုတ္တိဗေဒ (yutti.beda.) — mathematical study
- Catalan: lògica — mathematical study
- Chinese Mandarin: 論理學 /论理学 (lùnlǐxué) — mathematical study
- Czech: logika — mathematical study
- Finnish: logiikka — mathematical study
- French: logique — mathematical study
- Galician: lóxica — mathematical study
- German: Logik — mathematical study
- Greek: λογική (logikí) — mathematical study
- Hebrew: הִגָּיוֹן (higayón) — mathematical study
- Hindi: तार्किक (tārkik) — mathematical study
- Irish: loighic — mathematical study
- Italian: logica — mathematical study
- Japanese: 論理学 (ronrigaku) — mathematical study
- Korean: 논리학 (nollihak) — mathematical study
- Korean: 론리학 (rollihak) — mathematical study
- Lao: ຕັກກະສາດ (tak ka sāt) — mathematical study
- Macedonian: ло́гика (lógika) — mathematical study
- Norwegian Bokmål: logikk — mathematical study
- Old English: flitcræft — mathematical study
- Dari: مَنْطِق (mantiq) — mathematical study
- Iranian Persian: مَنْطِق (manteġ) — mathematical study
- Polish: logika — mathematical study
- Portuguese: lógica — mathematical study
- Russian: ло́гика (lógika) — mathematical study
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̀гика — mathematical study
- Serbo-Croatian: мислословје — mathematical study
- Serbo-Croatian: lògika — mathematical study
- Serbo-Croatian: misloslovje — mathematical study
- Slovak: logika — mathematical study
- Slovene: logika — mathematical study
- Spanish: lógica — mathematical study
- Swedish: logik — mathematical study
- Tagalog: dalubmatwiran — mathematical study
- Tagalog: matwiran — mathematical study
- Thai: ตรรกศาสตร์ (dtàk-gà-sàat) — mathematical study
- Turkish: mantık — mathematical study
- Ukrainian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — mathematical study
- Welsh: rhesymeg — mathematical study
- Yiddish: לאָגיק (logik) — mathematical study
- Belarusian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — formal or informal language
- Belarusian: лёгіка (ljóhika) — formal or informal language
- Bulgarian: ло́гика (lógika) — formal or informal language
- Finnish: logiikka — formal or informal language
- Galician: lóxica — formal or informal language
- German: Logik — formal or informal language
- Greek: λογική (logikí) — formal or informal language
- Macedonian: ло́гика (lógika) — formal or informal language
- Norwegian Bokmål: logikk — formal or informal language
- Polish: logika — formal or informal language
- Portuguese: lógica — formal or informal language
- Russian: ло́гика (lógika) — formal or informal language
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̀гика — formal or informal language
- Serbo-Croatian: мислословје — formal or informal language
- Serbo-Croatian: lògika — formal or informal language
- Serbo-Croatian: misloslovje — formal or informal language
- Tagalog: matwiran — formal or informal language
- Ukrainian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — formal or informal language
- Armenian: տրամաբանություն (tramabanutʻyun) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Belarusian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Belarusian: лёгіка (ljóhika) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Bulgarian: ло́гика (lógika) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Catalan: lògica — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Czech: logika — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Finnish: logiikka — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- French: logique — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Galician: lóxica — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- German: Logik — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Greek: λογική (logikí) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Hebrew: הִגָּיוֹן (higayón) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Hindi: तर्क (tark) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Italian: logica — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Japanese: 論理 (ronri) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Macedonian: ло́гика (lógika) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Norwegian Bokmål: logikk — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Dari: مَنْطِق (mantiq) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Iranian Persian: مَنْطِق (manteġ) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Polish: logika — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Portuguese: lógica — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Russian: ло́гика (lógika) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̀гика — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Serbo-Croatian: мислословје — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Serbo-Croatian: lògika — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Serbo-Croatian: mislovlje — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Slovak: logika — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Slovene: logika — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Spanish: lógica — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Swedish: logik — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Tagalog: matwiran — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Ukrainian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Yiddish: לאָגיק (logik) — any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness
- Belarusian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Belarusian: лёгіка (ljóhika) — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Bulgarian: ло́гика (lógika) — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Finnish: logiikka — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Greek: λογική (logikí) — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Portuguese: lógica — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Russian: ло́гика (lógika) — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̀гика — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Serbo-Croatian: lògika — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Tagalog: matwiran — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
- Ukrainian: ло́гіка (lóhika) — part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations
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