"justify" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

justify verbo

justify + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 44
justify one's actions • justify one's decision • justify one's existence • justify the means • justify the cost • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(3) existence, presence
Kolokacji: 2
1. justify one's existence = usprawiedliwiać czyjś istnienie justify one's existence
2. justify one's presence = usprawiedliwiać czyjś obecność justify one's presence
  • They have one particular habit that justifies their presence in the suburbs a thousand times over.
  • The character had to have relatively little to do with the overall meaning of the story, but our challenge was to somehow justify his presence.
  • To some male officers, a woman's gentler ways justify her presence on the force.
  • Now she had to do something to justify her own presence in the group.
  • I bought small items to justify my presence in stores.
  • Ever since he was drafted in 1982, Morris has had to justify his presence in the league.
  • We justify our continued presence here solely by mining the fissionables.
  • What have you been doing here, that justifies your continued presence?
  • Crisp prose, where every word justified its presence in a sentence.
  • He did analysis and routine jobs of maintenance, to keep busy and justify his presence, if only to himself.
(4) mean, approach
Kolokacji: 2
(8) belief, faith, Love
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + justify
Kolokacji: 8
try to justify • used to justify • justify by saying • help justify • seek to justify • ...
justify + preposición
Kolokacji: 16
justify by • justify in • justify on • justify to • justify for • ...
justify + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 13
fully justify • hardly justify • wholly justify • alone justify • easily justify • ...

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