Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rationalize
Participle: rationalized
Gerund: rationalizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rationalize |
| you | rationalize |
| he;she;it | rationalizes |
| we | rationalize |
| you | rationalize |
| they | rationalize |
Perfect
| I | have rationalized |
| you | have rationalized |
| he;she;it | has rationalized |
| we | have rationalized |
| you | have rationalized |
| they | have rationalized |
Past
| I | rationalized |
| you | rationalized |
| he;she;it | rationalized |
| we | rationalized |
| you | rationalized |
| they | rationalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had rationalized |
| you | had rationalized |
| he;she;it | had rationalized |
| we | had rationalized |
| you | had rationalized |
| they | had rationalized |
Future
| I | will rationalize |
| you | will rationalize |
| he;she;it | will rationalize |
| we | will rationalize |
| you | will rationalize |
| they | will rationalize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rationalized |
| you | will have rationalized |
| he;she;it | will have rationalized |
| we | will have rationalized |
| you | will have rationalized |
| they | will have rationalized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rationalize |
| you | rationalize |
| he;she;it | rationalize |
| we | rationalize |
| you | rationalize |
| they | rationalize |
Perfect
| I | have rationalized |
| you | have rationalized |
| he;she;it | have rationalized |
| we | have rationalized |
| you | have rationalized |
| they | have rationalized |
Imperfect
| I | rationalized |
| you | rationalized |
| he;she;it | rationalized |
| we | rationalized |
| you | rationalized |
| they | rationalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had rationalized |
| you | had rationalized |
| he;she;it | had rationalized |
| we | had rationalized |
| you | had rationalized |
| they | had rationalized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rationalize |
| you | would rationalize |
| he;she;it | would rationalize |
| we | would rationalize |
| you | would rationalize |
| they | would rationalize |
Perfect
| I | would have rationalized |
| you | would have rationalized |
| he;she;it | would have rationalized |
| we | would have rationalized |
| you | would have rationalized |
| they | would have rationalized |
Imperative
| you | rationalize |
| we | Let's rationalize |
| you | rationalize |
Verbs conjugated like 'rationalize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rationalize'
nationalize,
rationalise,
derationalize,
factionalize,
fractionalize,
irrationalize,
nationalise,
optionalize,
regionalize,
renationalize,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French rationaliser. By surface analysis, rational + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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Vested interest, united ties, / landed gentry, rationalize. / Look who bought the myth. / By jingo, buy America. [1987, “Exhuming McCarthy”, in Document (R.E.M. No. 5), performed by R.E.M.:]
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At our October meeting, Membership Director George Kaufer suggested rationalizing schedules on the Morris & Essex and Montclair-Boonton trains. He had prepared peak-hour schedules with a focus on ensuring that trains to Hoboken alternate more equally with those to New York, rather than having a number of trains to one destination together before a train to the other city. [2024 11, Sally Jane Gellert, “Report from the Chair”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram:]