line of reasoning
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4.2
- noun
- /laɪn əv ˈrizənɪŋ/
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- In her essay, she clearly outlined her line of reasoning to support her argument.
- Following this line of reasoning
- line of reasoning suggests
- pursue this line of reasoning
Can you can you set out your line of reasoning or evidence for me?
- Can you can you set out your line of reasoning or evidence for me?
- And so the narrator is going to reconstruct that line of reasoning like this.
- And Epictetus says, sure, let's go with that line of reasoning.
- Extending this line of reasoning into the dark.
- So maybe maybe that line of reasoning for the premise doesn't succumb to the same sort of objection.
Examples
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The teacher asked the students to explain their line of reasoning in solving the math problem.
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Judge Walker also followed a second, alternative line of reasoning to the same result.
Academic text (2017) -
Can you can you set out your line of reasoning or evidence for me?
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And we're going to go through the exact same line of reasoning that we had last week.
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The present findings call into question this line of reasoning by students.
Academic text (2008) -
I appreciated my parents' concern and knew well their line of reasoning.
Fiction book (1994) -
I have no objection to your line of reasoning as far as it goes.
Blog text (14) -
If the courts have not been able to follow a single line of reasoning, what are school administrators to do?
Academic text (1991) -
Several problems arise when attempting to bring an equal protection challenge under this line of reasoning.
Academic text (2017) -
That's an interesting line of reasoning.
Synonyms
∞
2.5
A set of reasons people give to show something is true
375
3.8
A set of reasons that explains why something was done or said
221
3.9
A way of thinking in a clear, logical order to form a conclusion
79
6.0
A set of reasons that explains a decision or action
8
5.7
To give reasons to support or oppose an idea
4
4.3
A set of clear reasons that show why an idea is true or false
How Logical
1
4.8
1
3.9
1
3.7
8
4.2
9
7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'line' as a sequence or train + 'of' linking + 'reasoning' meaning logical thought directly yields 'a sequence of logical steps', so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer the meaning. This noun + of + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'línea de razonamiento', French 'ligne de raisonnement'), which further supports immediate understandability.
Etymology
Line of reasoning comes from the image of ideas set one after another like a straight line, with each idea pushing the thinking forward, and the act of reasoning moving along it. That's why it means the connected steps someone uses 'to reach a conclusion'.