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# reasoning

noun (reasoning); verb form (-ing form of reason)

«reasoning» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Reasoning is thinking step by step to find out why something is true or to solve a problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#m1)
2. Your reasoning is the reasons you give for an answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#m2)
3. Reasoning is also the -ing form of reason: «He was reasoning with his sister» (trying to make her see sense). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x1)
- Show your reasoning in two steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x2)
- Her reasoning was right but she added wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x3)
- Use reasoning to find the missing number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x4)
- The detective's reasoning led him to the thief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x5)
- Scientists use reasoning to explain their results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x6)
- Good reasoning helps you spot tricks and fake news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x7)
- Dad tried reasoning with the toddler, but she kept crying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x8)
- The unjust will not listen to the reasoning of the innocent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/#x9)

### 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 Jewish tradition

In Job, reasoning means the arguments a person makes when pleading a case before God.

**Interpretation.** Job asks God to hear his reasoning and the pleadings of his lips. Tradition reads this as an honest plea made to God rather than behind His back.

### Examples

- Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. (Writings JOB.13.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reasoning/#x1)

### 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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reasoning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reasoning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reasoning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reasoning.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «reasoning» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reasoning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reasoning» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reasoning.html) on Mova free.