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reasoning with

reasoning with is the present participle and gerund of reason with.

Meaning of reason with

Verb

reason with (third-person singular simple present reasons with, present participle reasoning with, simple past and past participle reasoned with)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To convince (someone) to do (or not do) something using rational arguments; to get (someone) to view something rationally.

Questions about reasoning with

What is reasoning with the present participle and gerund of?
Reasoning with is the present participle and gerund of reason with.

Words near reasoning with in the dictionary

  1. reasoners
  2. reasonest
  3. reasoneth
  4. reasoning
  5. reasoning out
  6. reasoning with
  7. reasoningly
  8. reasonings
  9. reasonist
  10. reasonists
  11. reasonless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reasoning with (page history and authors); reason with (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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