rationalize
verb/ˈræʃnəlaɪz/
/ˈræʃnəlaɪz/
(British English also rationalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rationalize | /ˈræʃnəlaɪz/ /ˈræʃnəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it rationalizes | /ˈræʃnəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈræʃnəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple rationalized | /ˈræʃnəlaɪzd/ /ˈræʃnəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle rationalized | /ˈræʃnəlaɪzd/ /ˈræʃnəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form rationalizing | /ˈræʃnəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈræʃnəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] rationalize (something) to find or try to find a logical reason to explain why somebody thinks, behaves, etc. in a way that is difficult to understand
- an attempt to rationalize his violent behaviour
- [transitive, intransitive] rationalize (something) (British English) to make changes to a business, system, etc. in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money
- Twenty workers lost their jobs when the department was rationalized.
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