reasoning

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

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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.

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

reasoning

1. present participle and gerund of reason

• “reasoning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “reasoning”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.