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reasoning definition

rea·son·ing (-iŋ)

noun

  1. the drawing of inferences or conclusions from known or assumed facts; use of reason
  2. the proofs or reasons resulting from this

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reasoning Synonyms

reasoning

modif.

rational, logical, inductive, analytical; see judicious, rational 1.


reasoning

n.

thinking, rationalizing, argumentation, drawing conclusions; see logic, thought 1.


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reasoning Usage Examples

Possessives

  • judge: The judge's reasoning appears in paragraphs 195 to 211 of his judgment.

Converse of object

  • automate: Leading the research at Leeds is Professor of Automated Reasoning, Tony Cohn.

Adjective modifier

  • deductive: The characterization of Holmes, his ability of ingenious deductive reasoning, was based on... Continue reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Biography.

Modifies a noun

  • faculty: It was I who, using my psionic abilities, destroyed the reasoning faculties of the Enigma craft's guidance system.

Noun used with modifier

  • =====: The partner has asked me to do a revision ===== Reasoning about the others.. .
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reasoning quotes

There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely, by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, nor does it remove doubt so that the mind may rest on the intuition of truth unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

-Bacon, Roger known as Doctor Mirabilis

What has Reasoning to do with the Art of Painting?

-Blake,William

For, strictly considered, what is all knowledge too but recorded experience, and a product of history; of which, therefore, reasoning and belief, no less than action and passion are essential materials?

-Carlyle,Thomas

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