reasoning

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NounEdit

reasoning (plural reasonings)

1. Action of the verb to reason.
2. The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination.
3. A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.

SynonymsEdit

• (deduction of inferences): ratiocination
• rationale

TranslationsEdit

action of the verb 'to reason'

• Asturian: razonamientu m
• Catalan: raonament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推理 (zh) (tuīlǐ), 推論 (zh), 推论 (zh) (tuīlùn)

• Czech: uvažování n
• Dutch: redenering (nl) f
• French: raisonnement (fr) m
• Galician: razoamento (gl) m
• German: Argumentation (de) f

• Italian: ragionamento (it) m
• Japanese: 推論 (ja) (すいろん, suiron)
• Latin: ratiocinatio f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tankegang m

  Nynorsk: tankegang m

• Portuguese: razoamento m
• Russian: рассужде́ние (ru) n (rassuždénije), аргумента́ция (ru) f (argumentácija)
• Spanish: razonamiento (es) m

VerbEdit

reasoning

1. present participle of reason

Further readingEdit

• reasoning in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• reasoning in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911