simplify
to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
Origin of simplify
1Other words from simplify
- sim·pli·fi·ca·tion, noun
- sim·pli·fi·ca·tive, adjective
- sim·pli·fi·er, sim·pli·fi·ca·tor, noun
- non·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion, noun
- su·per·sim·pli·fy, verb (used with object), su·per·sim·pli·fied, su·per·sim·pli·fy·ing.
- un·sim·pli·fied, adjective
- un·sim·pli·fy·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with simplify
- simple, simplified , simplistic
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How to use simplify in a sentence
It’s strong enough to support its own weight when printing horizontal lines, which simplifies the process of printing solid structures out of it.
A new material allows this company to 3D print most of a house in a single day | Stan Horaczek | November 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhen Microsoft released its Xbox Game Pass, a cloud-based gaming service, it focused on simplifying the experience for people in that order, she said.
In order to make headway, neuroscientists often simplify the problem by placing animals in a laboratory, where they control the environment much better than in the wild.
Are We Wired to Be Outside? - Issue 92: Frontiers | Grigori Guitchounts | November 11, 2020 | NautilusThe company has also upped the speed of its service during the pandemic by simplifying its menu as customers opted for their familiar favorites.
McDonald’s responds to the pandemic with faster drive-thrus, loyalty points, and a new chicken sandwich | Beth Kowitt | November 9, 2020 | FortuneBecause it’s far easier to approximate a Fourier function in Fourier space than to wrangle with PDEs in Euclidean space, which greatly simplifies the neural network’s job.
AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world | Karen Hao | October 30, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
At its most simplified, the revision allows big players more access to insured deposits while making certain types of bets.
But really it told a rich history, recast and simplified into a series of icons and absurdities.
Sorry Putin, the Sochi Opening Ceremony Was Totally Gay | Tim Teeman | February 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Pope could explain how he simplified his title structure.
How Pope Francis’s Management Strategies Could Fix Wall Street | Chris Lowney | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese officials recommended using simplified language that includes impact-based threats.
As Barnard noted, “it is still sexist to send a simplified and generalized image of masculinity.”
The Rise of Sexist Fashion, From Plain Jane Homme to Disney | Soraya Roberts | May 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTime is an object, but if Greece came in, preferably via Enos, the problem would be simplified.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonReligion was deeply impressed upon her grateful heart; but it was simplified almost to unity, that it might be clearly understood.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatMaimonides simplified the Talmudical rules and traditions, making them clear to the comprehension of all.
The man had used a simplified quantum mechanics without correction for relativistic effects.
Security | Poul William AndersonBruce knew the country she was going to, perhaps as well as her father; and he could have simplified her journey to the last word.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath
British Dictionary definitions for simplify
/ (ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ) /
to make less complicated, clearer, or easier
maths to reduce (an equation, fraction, etc) to a simpler form by cancellation of common factors, regrouping of terms in the same variable, etc
Origin of simplify
1Derived forms of simplify
- simplification, noun
- simplificative, adjective
- simplifier, noun
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