reasoning
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
reasoning (countable and uncountable, plural reasonings)
- (uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
- (countable) A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.
SynonymsEdit
- (deduction of inferences): ratiocination, rationale, reasons, rationalization
TranslationsEdit
deduction of inferences or interpretations
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VerbEdit
reasoning
Further readingEdit
- reasoning in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- reasoning in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911