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logical

UK/ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl//ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/

logical adjective: in agreement with the principles of logic.

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Adjective

logical (comparative more logical, superlative most logical)

  1. (not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
    • Near-synonyms: sequacious, sensible
    • To provide convincing arguments, we need to first address the issues of concern, list the facts, and then use logical reasoning to help people have a better understanding of the issue.2020 April 6, Shanguo, “Avoiding Assertive Statements and Extreme Ways of Thinking”, in Minghui
    Synonyms:
    sequacious, sensible
  2. Reasonable.
    • I won't lie about what I did
      I cut her head off and threw it in a ditch
      Why I only kept the body was a logical choice
      I threw away the head because I hated the sound of her voice2014, “Let Me Burn”, performed by Whitechapel
  3. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
    • It's not logical, it's God!
  4. Relating to the conceptual model of a system rather than its physical expression
    • Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
    • It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program[…]1986, Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version

logical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

logical in Hindi

in agreement with the principles of logic
तार्किक tārkik
reasonable
तार्किक tārkik
of or pertaining to logic
तार्किक tārkik

logical in Tamil

தர்க்கரீதியான, தர்க்கரீதியானவை

logical in Marathi

तार्किक

logical in Urdu

logical, well-grounded, well-founded
سترک satark
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logical in Bengali
যুক্তিসম্মত, ন্যায্য, ন্যায়শাস্ত্রসম্মত
logical in Telugu
తార్కిక
logical in Malayalam
യുക്തിശാസ്ത്രസംബന്ധിയായ, താർക്കികമായ, യുക്തിപരം
logical in Kannada
ತಾರ್ಕಿಕ
logical in Punjabi
ਤਰਕਸ਼ੀਲ tarkaśīl
logical in Gujarati
તાર્કિક, લોજિકલ
logical in Sanskrit
न्याय nyāyá
logical in Nepali
तार्किक
logical in Arabic
مَنْطِقِيّ manṭiqiyy
logical in Persian
منطقی manteqi

Examples of logical in a sentence

  • Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, it distributes with respect to itself.
  • A valid syllogism contains three terms; with four it commits the logical fallacy known as quaternio terminorum.
  • In a logical theory, tautologies could be regarded as being syncategorematic and contingencies as being categorematic.

All 40 example sentences with logical

Synonyms of logical

Antonyms

Forms of logical

comparativemore logical
superlativemost logical

Origin of logical

From logic + -al. Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.

Words formed from logical

Phrases with logical

1 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with logical

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Questions about logical

What does logical mean?
Logical means in agreement with the principles of logic.
What is logical in Hindi?
Logical in Hindi is तार्किक (tārkik). See Logical meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is logical?
Logical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce logical?
Logical is pronounced /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ (UK).

Words near logical in the dictionary

  1. logic mazes
  2. logic programming
  3. logic-chopper
  4. logic-choppers
  5. logic-chopping
  6. logical
  7. logical address
  8. logical addresses
  9. logical atomism
  10. logical behaviourism
  11. logical block address

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: logical (page history and authors); logical (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); logical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سترک (Urdu) (page history and authors); logical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); logical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); logical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); logical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਤਰਕਸ਼ੀਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); logical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); न्याय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); logical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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