simplify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to make less complicated, clearer, or easier
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maths to reduce (an equation, fraction, etc) to a simpler form by cancellation of common factors, regrouping of terms in the same variable, etc
Other Word Forms
- nonsimplification noun
- simplification noun
- simplificative adjective
- simplificator noun
- simplifier noun
- supersimplify verb (used with object)
- unsimplified adjective
- unsimplifying adjective
Etymology
Origin of simplify
First recorded in 1645–55; from French simplifier, from Medieval Latin simplificāre “to make simple,” equivalent to Latin simpli-, combining form of simplus simple + -ficāre -fy
Example Sentences
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His "Back to Starbucks" strategy included speeding up service, simplifying its "overly complex menu" and reviewing its pricing.
From BBC
If you and your wife do not already have a bank account in Mexico, opening one could help simplify foreign transactions and currency exchanges.
From MarketWatch
“I’m into simplifying images until they become familiar, immediate and emotional,” Arens said of his work.
From Los Angeles Times
Until now, the hexatic phase had only been observed in simplified model systems such as tightly packed polystyrene spheres.
From Science Daily
But the architecture of the power-unit has been simplified, with the removal of one of the devices that recovers energy, the complex and expensive MGU-H, which recovered energy from the turbo and exhaust.
From BBC
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