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simplify
[ sim-pluh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier:
to simplify a problem.
simplify
/ ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈsimplificative, adjective
- ˌsimplifiˈcation, noun
- ˈsimpliˌfier, noun
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Other Words From
- simpli·fi·cation noun
- simpli·fi·cative adjective
- simpli·fier simpli·fi·cator noun
- nonsim·pli·fi·cation noun
- super·simpli·fy verb (used with object) supersimplified supersimplifying
- un·simpli·fied adjective
- un·simpli·fying adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of simplify1
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Example Sentences
“He got me away from jazz and helped me simplify my craft and began my commercial songwriting thing,” she says.
But Erdoğan is either unaware of that or sought to simplify history.
They simultaneously over-simplify and inflame a conflict that is already poorly understood.
Second Market provides solutions for private companies and investment funds to simplify private capital markets.
Big business has been begging for comprehensive tax reform that will simplify their lives.
And this fact seemed pregnant with evidence as to Gordon's state of mind; it did not appear to simplify the situation.
He almost hoped that Napoleon would use force after all, and that a war with France would come to simplify the situation.
People who look at things in that way simplify matters for the Recording Angel.
Obviously some one must be removed in order to simplify this tangle, but who?
But some of us could simplify the day and so find room for unmitigated enjoyment in the evening.
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