# justified

Pronunciation: say "JUS-ti-fyd" /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd/

## Adjective

1. Supported by good reason; shown to be right, reasonable, or warranted.
   - Simple: Backed by a good reason and fair to do, feel, or believe.
   - _The board considered the budget cuts justified given the shortfall._
   - _His suspicion proved justified once the missing documents surfaced._
3. Of text, arranged so the left and right edges of all lines align evenly, with the spacing between words adjusted as needed to fill each line.
   - Simple: Of text, set so both side edges of every line are straight and even, with word spaces stretched to fit.
   - _Most newspaper columns are justified, giving each block a clean rectangular shape._
   - _The designer kept the body text justified but left the photo captions ragged._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of justify. — simple past and past participle of justify
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of justify. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The manager justified the layoffs by pointing to falling sales._
   - _The new evidence justified reopening the closed case._

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