reasonings
- 1Plural of reasoning.
The judge compared the two lawyers' competing reasonings before ruling.
She laid out several distinct reasonings in support of her conclusion.
Note
A plural that exists only because reasoning can be counted. In its mass use, meaning abstract thought or ratiocination, the word takes no -s. Reasonings means separate lines of argument, each one a process heading toward an action or a conclusion. The plural also covers the Rastafari reasoning, a meeting for chanting, prayer and discussion, so several such gatherings are reasonings too. The verb's -ing form never takes this ending.
reasonings is a form of reasoning
reasoning, noun: The mental process of drawing conclusions from premises through logical, abstract thought. Full entry
- Forms
- reasoningreasonings plural
- Spelling
- reasoning → reasonings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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