Contemplate and Rationalize

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Contemplate

Contemplate verb - To give serious and careful thought to.

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Rationalize and contemplate are semantically related in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Rationalize" instead a verb "Contemplate".

Nearby Words: contemplation, contemplative, contemplating

Rationalize

Rationalize verb - To give the reason for or cause of.

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Contemplate and rationalize are semantically related in activity topic. Sometimes you can use "Contemplate" instead a verb "Rationalize", if it concerns topics such as reason.

Nearby Words: rational, rationale, rationalise, rationality, rationalization

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Common collocations

work	contemplate work	rationalize work
number	contemplate number	rationalize number
death	contemplate death	rationalize death
murder	contemplate murder	rationalize murder
Other words: fact, act, universe, failure, existence, events, crimes.

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