reasoning

American  

[ree-zuh-ning, reez-ning] / ˈri zə nɪŋ, ˈriz nɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of a person who reasons.

2. the process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.

3. the reasons, arguments, proofs, etc., resulting from this process.

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reasoning British  

/ ˈriːzənɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of drawing conclusions from facts, evidence, etc

2. the arguments, proofs, etc, so adduced

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Other Word Forms

• half-reasoning adjective
• nonreasoning adjective
• reasoningly adverb

Etymology

Origin of reasoning

First recorded in 1325–75, reasoning is from the Middle English word resoninge. See reason, -ing ²

Example Sentences

That line of reasoning didn’t appear to fully satisfy the court.

From Barron's

That line of reasoning didn’t appear to fully satisfy the court.

From Barron's

Then again, those New Year’s Eve revelers may have had their powers of basic detection and deductive reasoning sharpened by being led astray by AI slop.

From Salon

Part of Warner’s reasoning for favoring Netflix’s deal has been the fact that its stockholders would retain shares in the portion of the company that the streamer doesn’t buy, giving them access to potential upside.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A fresh start, a new direction,” Harbaugh said of his reasoning to fire Roman.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• acumen
• analysis
• argument
• hypothesis
• inference
• interpretation
• premise
• proposition
• rationale
• thinking