reasoning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: rea‧son‧ing

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Noun

reasoning (countable and uncountable, plural reasonings)

1. (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.
2. (countable) A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.

Synonyms

• (deduction of inferences): ratiocination, rationale, reasons, rationalization

Translations

deduction of inferences or interpretations

• Asturian: razonamientu m
• Bulgarian: разсъждение n (razsǎždenie)
• Catalan: raonament m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: uvažování n
• Dutch: redenering f
• Esperanto: rezono, rezonado
• French: raisonnement m
• Galician: razoamento m
• Georgian: განსჯა (gansǯa)
• German: Argumentation f
• Greek: σκεπτικό n (skeptikó), συλλογιστική f (syllogistikí)

  Ancient: λογισμός m (logismós)

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

  Bokmål: tankegang m

  Nynorsk: tankegang m

• Polish: dowodzenie n, argumentacja f
• Portuguese: razoamento m
• Russian: рассужде́ние n (rassuždénije), аргумента́ция f (argumentácija)
• Slovak: uvažovanie
• Spanish: razonamiento m

Verb

reasoning

1. present participle of reason

Further reading

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