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rationalise

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rationalize"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create reasonable explanations for behaviors, decisions, or actions, especially when they may not truly represent the real motives
Transitive: to rationalize an action or behavior
to rationalize definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After buying a luxury item, she tried to rationalize the expense by convincing herself it was a rare opportunity.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻĻā§āϰāĻŦā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—, āĻāχāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧāϕ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧁āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to streamline or reorganize an organization or similar structure in order to improve productivity or reduce costs
Transitive: to rationalize a process or operation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In an effort to cut costs, the organization rationalized its operations.
āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ

(in mathematics) to remove radicals from the denominator of a fraction
Transitive: to rationalize a mathematical expression
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before graphing the function, David needed to rationalize the expression to make it easier to analyze and interpret.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āĻĄā§‡āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝ⧌āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to organize, explain, or adjust something in a logical or reasoned manner
Transitive: to rationalize sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She worked to rationalize her thoughts and emotions, striving for a clearer understanding of herself.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϕ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧁āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make improvements aimed at increasing efficiency, coherence, and effectiveness of a system
Transitive: to rationalize a system
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The school administration rationalized the curriculum to align with state standards.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϕ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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