to justify

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To provide an acceptable explanation for

Paying too much for car insurance is not justified.

To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned

The text will look better justified.

To be a good, acceptable reason for

Nothing can justify your rude behaviour last night.

{v} to defend, maintain, free, clear
To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type
Typography set to vertically align left and right within a given measure
To justify a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that it is reasonable or necessary. No argument can justify a war Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions
To justify printed text means to adjust the spaces between the words so that each line of type is exactly the same length. Click on this icon to align or justify text. see also left-justify, right-justify
To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve
Êin setting type, to space out lines uniformly to the correct length K L
{f} vindicate, defend, support, excuse; cause to exactly fill a line of type (of words or letters)
Show adequate grounds for decisions or conclusions Answer or refute the main objections likely to be made against them
Make your case for a certain argument or point of view
Brings up the Basis for Vendor Selection Screen Accessible from: the Order Information Screen
See Justification, 4
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
To set type or prepare text composition to a specified width or measurement so that the left and/or right-hand margins of the printed matter will be aligned Justification may be accomplished by adjusting the spacing between words, or between words and characters (letterspacing) so as to fill the measure with each full line of type to top
to absolve; to exonerate; to clear
Support an argument or conclusion
To give a good, acceptable reason for something
let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
To line up text with the left and right margins
Use scientific ideas to explain why something happens, not to just state what does happen
Positioned lines of text so that the left and right margins are evenly set down the side of a page
Type that is aligned evenly on the left and the right
To bring the significant digits or characters of a quantity into some prescribed position in relation to the boundaries of the field in which it lies, e g , if a quantity is left-justified, then its left most significant digit or character is at the left-hand boundary of the field; to propagate carry from one word of a multiple-length number into the next most significant word
To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty
in setting type, to space out lines uniformly to the correct length
To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
To space out lines uniformly to line up left and right
show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
The aligning of text either uniformly across a page, or to the left, right or center
to space out lines of type uniformly to a desired length, refers to aligning both the right and left hand margins
To set lines of text so that the left and right margins are aligned
To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc
Text on the page or in cells or fields can be aligned on the left, in the centre, on the right or on both the left/right at the same time We say the text has been justified This text is left justified in that the text is aligned on the left (it is straight) but ragged on the right Right justified text would be the opposite, straight on the right and ragged on the left
When you are instructed to justify your answer you must prove or show grounds for decisions In such an answer, evidence should be presented in convincing form
To arrange lines on a page or computer screen in such a way that both edges of writing are straight
To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety
[in composition] to space out lines of type uniformly to a fixed width
show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means
To provide an acceptable explanation
To arrange text on a page so it conforms to a standard such as a consistent margin on one or both sides of the page
To prove; to ratify; to confirm
To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property
To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly
To space out type lines so that they align in both left and right margins
adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins" show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim" show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means
- Prove or show evidence why certain decisions or actions have been taken E g justify the entry of the USA into WW2
adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"
It is the act of putting or taking out spaces, trying to share them with equality to put the line in a desired measure
to justify

    Hyphenation

    to jus·ti·fy

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı cʌstıfay

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈʤəstəˌfī/ /tə ˈʤʌstəˌfaɪ/

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