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rationalizerationalize /ˈræʃnəˌlaɪz, -nlˌaɪz/ AWL verb VERB TABLErationalize |
Present | I, you, we, they | rationalize | | he, she, it | rationalizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rationalized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rationalized | | he, she, it | has rationalized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rationalized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rationalize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rationalized |
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Present | I | am rationalizing | | he, she, it | is rationalizing | | you, we, they | are rationalizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was rationalizing | | you, we, they | were rationalizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rationalizing | | he, she, it | has been rationalizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rationalizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rationalizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rationalizing |
1[intransitive, transitive] to find or invent a reasonable explanation for your behavior or attitudes: Greg tries to rationalize his cheating by saying everyone else is doing it.2[transitive] to think about something or improve it in a practical sensible way: The Social Security system needs to be rationalized.3[transitive] math, algebra to remove the irrational numbers in a mathematical expression or equation—rationalization /ˌræʃnələˈzeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |