reasoning

[ree-zuh-ning, reez-ning]

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.

reasoning

/ ˈriːzənɪŋ /

noun

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

2. the arguments, proofs, etc, so adduced

Other Word Forms

• reasoningly adverb
• half-reasoning adjective
• nonreasoning adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reasoning¹

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

Example Sentences

The company also released Google Antigravity, a new agentic development platform for software engineers, and introduced Gemini Deep Think, an enhanced reasoning model that will become available to premium users.

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The company also released Google Antigravity, a new agentic development platform for software engineers, and introduced Gemini Deep Think, an enhanced reasoning model that will become available to premium users.

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This is a completely bogus line of reasoning.

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They often operate as “black boxes”—we can see the results but not the precise reasoning behind them.

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“It’s state-of-the-art in reasoning, built to grasp depth and nuance,” Pichai said in a statement.

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Related Words

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