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

Computers cannot do inductive reasoning or make long-range plans.

From MarketWatch

It’s so good at mimicking humans, that we assign words like “reasoning” and “feeling” to them even though these probability machines do nothing of the sort.

From Barron's

Early on, Anthropic focused on business customers and software engineering, reasoning that establishing itself in those areas would provide a foundation for stable growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Thursday, Anthropic announced a new model, Opus 4.6, that it says is a major step up in professional skills and reasoning compared with Opus 4.5 released in November.

From The Wall Street Journal

Federal officials have not explained the specific reasoning for the highly unusual seizures, with an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant remaining under seal.

From Barron's

Related Words

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