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Verb: rationalise 'rashunu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=rationalize)
- Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
"We rationalised the factory's production and raised profits"
- rationalize - Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- apologize, apologise [Brit], excuse, justify, rationalize - Think rationally; employ logic or reason
"When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalise"
- rationalize - Remove irrational quantities from
"This function can be rationalised"
- rationalize - Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- cut, prune, rationalize
Derived forms: rationalises, rationalised, rationalising See also: rationalisation [Brit] Type of: alter, cerebrate, change, cogitate, defend, do away with, eliminate, extinguish, fend for, get rid of, modify, organise [Brit], organize, support, think Encyclopedia: Rationalise |