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rationalizing |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rationalize 1 of 5 senses of rationalize Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => color, colour, gloss => plead => extenuate, palliate, mitigate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rationalize 1 of 5 senses of rationalize Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => color, colour, gloss => plead => extenuate, palliate, mitigate Entailment of verb rationalize Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb rationalize 5 senses of rationalize Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => defend, support, fend for Sense 2 cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise => eliminate, get rid of do away with Sense 3 rationalize => organize, organise Sense 4 rationalize => think, cogitate, cerebrate Sense 5 rationalize, rationalise => change, alter Familiarity of verb rationalize rationalize used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb rationalize Sense 1 apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => defend, support, fend for -------------- Sense 2 cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise => eliminate, get rid of do away with -------------- Sense 3 rationalize => organize, organise -------------- Sense 4 rationalize => think, cogitate, cerebrate -------------- Sense 5 rationalize, rationalise => change, alter -------------- Overview of verb rationalize The verb rationalize has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) 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. (2) cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise -- (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet") 3. rationalize -- (structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits") 4. rationalize -- (think rationally; employ reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things one should rationalize") 5. rationalize, rationalise -- (remove irrational qualities from as in math; "This function can be rationalized") Overview of verb rationalize The verb rationalize has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) 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. (2) cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise -- (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet") 3. rationalize -- (structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits") 4. rationalize -- (think rationally; employ reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things one should rationalize") 5. rationalize, rationalise -- (remove irrational qualities from as in math; "This function can be rationalized")
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