logic
noun OPAL W
  /ˈlɒdʒɪk/
  /ˈlɑːdʒɪk/
- [uncountable] a way of thinking or explaining something
- I fail to see the logic behind his argument.
 - The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic.
 
Extra Examples- I can't follow the logic of what you are saying.
 - In their faulty logic, this is a great injustice.
 - What kind of twisted logic is that?
 - You can't use the same logic in dealing with children.
 - They questioned the logic underlying his actions.
 - The music has its own inner logic.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
 - impeccable
 - inexorable
 - …
 
- accept
 - follow
 - see
 - …
 
- logic behind
 - logic in
 - logic of
 - …
 
 - [uncountable, singular] sensible reasons for doing something
- Linking the proposals in a single package did have a certain logic.
 - a strategy based on sound commercial logic
 - logic to/in something There is no logic in any of their claims.
 
Extra Examples- It's a stupid decision that completely defies logic.
 - There doesn't seem to be any logic in the move.
 - The plan had a simple logic to it.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
 - impeccable
 - inexorable
 - …
 
- accept
 - follow
 - see
 - …
 
- logic behind
 - logic in
 - logic of
 - …
 
 - [uncountable] (philosophy) the science of thinking about or explaining the reason for something using formal methods
- the rules of logic
 - Philosophers use logic to prove their arguments.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- formal
 - mathematical
 - deductive
 - …
 
- apply
 - use
 
 - [uncountable] (computing) a system or set of principles used in preparing a computer or electronic device to perform a particular taskTopics Computersc2
 
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French logique and late Latin logica from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’.