to justify
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6.1
- verb
- /ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/
- Specialized
:
justificar
- To improve the document's appearance, you should justify the text so that both sides are aligned.
Examples
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In the software settings, there is an option to justify the text for better readability.
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The publisher decided to justify the layout of the article for a more professional look.
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Write captions for the items and justify the documents that were selected.
Academic text (1999) -
Real keyboard is a huge factor, but I am not confident it justifies the difference in price.
Blog text (4) -
On its own, the court reasoned, this risk is not enough to justify a frisk of the stopped person.
Academic text (2017) -
The user interface and system performance should not be affected unless additional security justifies significant alterations.
Academic text (1996) -
In this revised manuscript, we have justified the dimensionality for the task basis maps in Figure 4.
Academic text (2018) -
Lastly, the Chinese government applied Washington's own logic to justify China's action.
Academic text (1997) -
As a self-described Vanilla Coke fiend, this small touch was enough to justify the entire trip.
Blog text (21)
Idioms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Justify used for text comes from the parts just ('right' or 'even') and -ify ('make'), so it literally means 'make right' or 'make even'. That's why to justify text is to change the spaces so the left and right edges line up neatly.