reasoning

English

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

reasoning (countable and uncountable, plural reasonings)

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

Synonyms

• (deduction of inferences): ratiocination
• rationale

Translations

deduction of inferences or interpretations

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

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

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

  Ancient: λογισμός m (logismós)

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

  Bokmål: tankegang m

  Nynorsk: tankegang m

• Polish: dowodzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: razoamento (pt) m
• Russian: рассужде́ние (ru) n (rassuždénije), аргумента́ция (ru) f (argumentácija)
• Slovak: uvažovanie
• Spanish: razonamiento (es) 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.