reasoning

[ ree-zuh-ning, reez-ning ]

noun

1. the act or process of a person who reasons.
2. the process of forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.
3. the reasons, arguments, proofs, etc., resulting from this process.

reasoning

/ ˈriːzənɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of drawing conclusions from facts, evidence, etc
2. the arguments, proofs, etc, so adduced

Other Words From

• reason·ing·ly adverb
• half-reason·ing adjective
• non·reason·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reasoning¹

First recorded in 1325–75, reasoning is from the Middle English word resoninge. See reason, -ing ²

Example Sentences

John Tanton had said them, and the reasoning had been echoed by Leon Kolankiewicz and Roy Beck and NumbersUSA and Tanton’s other organizations.

From Salon

In April 2023, he told the BBC that his reasoning for doing so was that "if the whole ship sinks, then nobody's got a job".

From BBC

Although the case involved an individual whose parents had traveled to the U.S. legally, no aspect of the court’s reasoning rested on this detail.

From Slate

His reasoning goes like this: The government may decide that immigrants who lack legal status qualify as “invading aliens.”

From Slate

His current energy supplier, Octopus Energy, told him the problem was down to signal issues in the area and may be because he lived “far up north” - reasoning that left him feeling deeply unimpressed.

From BBC

Related Words

• acumen
• analysis
• argument
• hypothesis
• inference
• interpretation
• premise
• proposition
• rationale
• thinking