JUSTIFY


Meaning of JUSTIFY in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ really , truly

Can you really ~ the destruction of such a fine old building?

▪ easily

The university could not easily ~ spending the money on this.

▪ hardly

The result hardly justified the risks they took to get it.

VERB + JUSTIFY

▪ can

▪ serve to

The events that followed served to ~ our earlier decision.

▪ appear to , seem to

In 1865 a letter arrived that appeared to ~ her faith.

▪ help to

The extra effort involved would go a long way in helping to ~ their high price tags.

▪ be easy to

the many issues that make it easy to ~ the purchase

▪ attempt to , seek to , try to

▪ be necessary to , have to , need to

▪ be difficult to , be hard to , be tough to , struggle to

He found it very difficult to ~ his decision.

▪ be impossible to

PREPOSITION

▪ on the grounds of sth , on the grounds that … 

The decision is justified on the grounds that there is no realistic alternative.

▪ to

How will you ~ this pay cut to your employees?

Justify is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ argument

Justify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ act , ↑ assertion , ↑ belief , ↑ choice , ↑ conclusion , ↑ decision , ↑ exercise , ↑ existence , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ failure , ↑ finding , ↑ imposition , ↑ inclusion , ↑ intervention , ↑ invasion , ↑ killing , ↑ murder , ↑ risk , ↑ slavery , ↑ suspicion , ↑ termination , ↑ use , ↑ violence

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