rationalise
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rationalise
Past participle: rationalised
Gerund: rationalising
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Verb | 1. | 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" |
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" plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity" | |
3. | rationalise - think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" | |
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 | |
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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