reasoning
part of speech
noun (reasoning); verb form (-ing form of reason)
meaning for a pupil
1) Reasoning is thinking step by step to find out why something is true or to solve a problem. tree →
2) Your reasoning is the reasons you give for an answer. tree →
3) Reasoning is also the -ing form of reason: «He was reasoning with his sister» (trying to make her see sense). tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: the way a problem is solved; asked for in «explain your reasoning», «show your reasoning»; mathematical reasoning and proof. In science: reasoning from evidence to a conclusion. In everyday life: making good choices by thinking them through. In stories: detectives use reasoning to solve crimes.
examples
- Explain your reasoning. tree →
- Show your reasoning in two steps. tree →
- Her reasoning was right but she added wrong. tree →
- Use reasoning to find the missing number. tree →
- The detective's reasoning led him to the thief. tree →
- Scientists use reasoning to explain their results. tree →
- Good reasoning helps you spot tricks and fake news. tree →
- Dad tried reasoning with the toddler, but she kept crying. tree →
- The unjust will not listen to the reasoning of the innocent. tree →
note
A word about the solving, not about the quantities; carries no clue to the operation. Trap: none in counting. Good reasoning checks each step and the answer. Uncountable: «good reasoning», not «a reasoning».
In the corpora
- Pilots learn real skills in simulators, and you learn real language and reasoning in your lessons.
- Toad's reasoning: «They must both be coming from somewhere, and going to somewhere.
- Inference is reasoning from clues, not wild guessing.
- A principle is a general rule used in reasoning, such as "do not harm the innocent".
- Some answers came first from pure reasoning: Neptune was found in 1846 exactly where maths said a hidden planet must be pulling Uranus.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «reasoning» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.