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rationalise |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rationalise 1 of 3 senses of rationalise Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => color, colour, gloss => plead => extenuate, palliate, mitigate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rationalise 1 of 3 senses of rationalise Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => color, colour, gloss => plead => extenuate, palliate, mitigate Entailment of verb rationalise Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb rationalise 3 senses of rationalise Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => defend, support, fend for Sense 2 rationalize, rationalise => change, alter Sense 3 cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise => eliminate, get rid of do away with Familiarity of verb rationalise rationalise used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb rationalise Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => defend, support, fend for -------------- Sense 2 rationalize, rationalise => change, alter -------------- Sense 3 cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise => eliminate, get rid of do away with -------------- Overview of verb rationalise The verb rationalise has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise -- (defend, explain, clear away or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success") 2. rationalize, rationalise -- (remove irrational qualities from as in math; "This function can be rationalized") 3. cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise -- (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet") Overview of verb rationalise The verb rationalise has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise -- (defend, explain, clear away or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success") 2. rationalize, rationalise -- (remove irrational qualities from as in math; "This function can be rationalized") 3. cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise -- (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet")
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