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simplify

[ sim-pluh-fahy ]
/ ˈsɪm pləˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), sim·pli·fied, sim·pli·fy·ing.

to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.

Words related to simplify

explanation, rendering, version, adaptation, rendition, reading, transcription, story, interpretation, form, variant, tale, report, translation, history, resolution, description, elucidation, gloss, crib

Words nearby simplify

simplex, simplex method, simplicidentate, simplicity, simplicius, simplify, simplism, simplistic, simplon, simplon pass, simply

Origin of simplify

1645–55; < French simplifier < Medieval Latin simplificāre to make simple, equivalent to Latin simpli- (combining form of simplus simple) + -ficāre -fy

OTHER WORDS FROM simplify

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH simplify

simple simplified simplistic
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British Dictionary definitions for simplification

simplify
/ (ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

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

Derived forms of simplify

simplification, nounsimplificative, adjectivesimplifier, noun

Word Origin for simplify

C17: via French from Medieval Latin simplificāre, from Latin simplus simple + facere to make
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