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{
"term": "justification",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a good reason why something exists or is done",
"sensetop": "justification for doing somethingjustification for somethingwith (some) justificationwithout justification",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can see no possible justification for increasing taxes any further.",
"contextForm": "justification for doing something"
},
{
"text": "I could find no real justification for the proposed reorganization.",
"contextForm": "justification for something"
},
{
"text": "He was getting angry—and with some justification.",
"contextForm": "with (some) justification"
},
{
"text": "She was arrested entirely without justification.",
"contextForm": "without justification"
},
{
"text": "I can see some justification for her remarks."
},
{
"text": "She had not given him the slightest justification for thinking she was interested in him."
},
{
"text": "Such a step requires substantial justification to be accepted by the public."
},
{
"text": "There was no compelling justification for the invasion."
},
{
"text": "The government is struggling to find a justification for this war."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "every", "some"],
"verb + justification": [
"give (somebody)",
"offer (somebody)",
"provide (somebody with)"
],
"preposition": [
"in justification",
"with justification",
"without justification"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "as an explanation of why something exists or why somebody has done something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All I can say in justification of her actions is that she was under a lot of pressure at work."
},
{
"text": "the argument which he put forward in justification"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "ju/justification/justification__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "ju/justification/justification__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}