Meaning
to rationalize, to streamline
- to reorganize a process, business, or expenditure to improve efficiency
- to justify attitudes or actions with plausible, logical-sounding reasons
In a sentence
L'azienda ha deciso di razionalizzare la produzione per tagliare gli sprechi.
The company decided to streamline production in order to cut waste.
Cerca sempre di razionalizzare le proprie paure invece di affrontarle apertamente.
He always tries to rationalize his fears instead of confronting them openly.
Dobbiamo razionalizzare l'uso dell'energia durante le ore di punta.
We need to optimize energy usage during peak hours.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| razionalizzare | infinitive |
| razionalizzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| razionalizzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| razionalizzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| razionalizza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| razionalizziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| razionalizzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| razionalizzando | gerund |
| razionalizzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In management and economics, it means streamlining or cutting waste to boost efficiency.