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

The pope could use the occasion to revive the West’s tradition of moral reasoning on war.

From The Wall Street Journal

The reasons for this are complicated, but one is that it’s simpler to teach reading in the early years than to teach reasoning, reading for meaning and information processing.

From The Wall Street Journal

She absorbed the opposing arguments and thought her own reasoning through.

From BBC

He possessed the foundational knowledge of Islam without the advanced and independent reasoning – ijtihad – required for an ayatollah.

From Salon

Its reasoning: It could not trust the owners to rebuild the park as affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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