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rationalise


Past participle: rationalised
Gerund: rationalising

Imperative
rationalise
rationalise
Present
I rationalise
you rationalise
he/she/it rationalises
we rationalise
you rationalise
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Preterite
I rationalised
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Present Continuous
I am rationalising
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he/she/it is rationalising
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Present Perfect
I have rationalised
you have rationalised
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Past Continuous
I was rationalising
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Past Perfect
I had rationalised
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Future
I will rationalise
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Future Perfect
I will have rationalised
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Future Continuous
I will be rationalising
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rationalising
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you have been rationalising
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rationalising
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rationalising
you had been rationalising
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you had been rationalising
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Conditional
I would rationalise
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Past Conditional
I would have rationalised
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you would have rationalised
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.rationalise - structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
2.rationalise - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
colour, gloss, color - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
defend, fend for, support - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
extenuate, mitigate, palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
3.rationalise - think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
4.rationalise - remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
5.rationalise - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
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References in periodicals archive ?
Minister Mabeo said the initiative was approved by cabinet through a presidential directive in 2017 to rationalise the activities of Madirelo Testing and Training Centres (MTTC), Construction Industry Trust Fund (CITF) and brigades.
The summer camp, which runs from July 1 to August 1, aims to provide useful activities in line with the national campaign to rationalise energy consumption.
Taita Taveta county has announced a biometric headcount of workers to verify academic qualifications, rationalise staff and remove ghost workers.
TaitaTavetacounty has announced a biometric headcount of workers to verify academic qualifications, rationalise staff and remove ghost workers.
Residents of North and South Batinah and Buraimi have been advised to rationalise their water consumption for next four days on account of maintenance work to be carried out at the desalination plant in Sohar.
Not all the branches in the foreign locations are full-fledged offices, he said, adding that in countries like Bangladesh and South Africa there are some small branches as well as some retail branches and there is need to rationalise them.
KARACHI -- The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has proposed to the government to rationalise Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on the transaction of shares, as the management seeks measures to boost the KSE-100 Index that has retreated close to 18% since it hit a record high of 52,876.46 in May 2017.
Copenhagen: Air India plans to rationalise some routes operated by the airline and its subsidiaries, including in the Gulf region, as part of cost saving efforts, according to the airline's chief Rajiv Bansal.
Summary: Two sides discuss Dubai's efforts to develop renewable and alternative energy, rationalise the use of natural resources
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said there is scope to rationalise goods and services tax (GST) and rolling 12 per cent and 18 per cent slabs into one as implementation of the country's most comprehensive indirect tax reforms progresses.