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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rationalize, rationaliseverb

    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. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationaliseverb

    defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

    "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

  3. rationalize, rationaliseverb

    think rationally; employ logic or reason

    "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"

  4. rationalize, rationaliseverb

    remove irrational quantities from

    "This function can be rationalized"

  5. cut, prune, rationalize, rationaliseverb

    weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

    "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

Wiktionary

  1. rationaliseverb

    To make something rational or more rational.

  2. rationaliseverb

    To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive

  3. rationaliseverb

    To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.

  4. rationaliseverb

    To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles.

ChatGPT

  1. rationalise

    To rationalise generally means to make something more efficient, consistent, or logical, or to adjust one's beliefs or actions in line with reason or logic. In the context of mathematics, to rationalise is to eliminate the denominator of a fraction which usually involves square roots or other radical expressions.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RATIONALISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RATIONALISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of RATIONALISE in a Sentence

  1. Tim Clark:

    There seems to be a certain amount of cloudiness down there. One minute they are quite keen - I don't know if they can afford to do the A380neo and the (new) A350, airbus have got to rationalise a few things.

  2. Kyle Rodda:

    You wouldn’t want to rationalise too much into a market that’s as inefficient and immature as bitcoin, but certainly there’s a reversal in momentum, the herd has probably looked at this and thought it sounded scary and shocking and it’s now the time to sell.

  3. Tim Clark:

    Airbus have got to rationalise a few things.

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