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11simplify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: French simplifier, from Medieval Latin simplificare, from simplus simple Date: 1759 to make simple or simpler: as a. to reduce to basic essentials b. to diminish in scope or complexity ; streamline < was… …
12simplify — simplification, n. simplificative, adj. simplifier, simplificator, n. /sim pleuh fuy /, v.t., simplified, simplifying. to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem. [1645 55; < F simplifier < ML simplificare… …
13simplify — verb a) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand. Thus, throughout the nineteenth century, linguists generally held that more grammatically complex languages were older and… …
14simplify — sim|pli|fy [ˈsımplıfaı] v past tense and past participle simplified present participle simplifying third person singular simplifies [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: simplifier, from Medieval Latin simplificare, from Latin simplus; SIMPLE]… …
15simplify — sim|pli|fy [ sımplı,faı ] verb transitive * to make something less complicated or difficult: The technology has been simplified so that anyone can use it. Simplify your life by shopping online. ╾ sim|pli|fi|ca|tion [ ,sımplıfı keıʃn ] noun… …
16simplify — verb please simplify your answer Syn: make simple/simpler, make easy/easier to understand, make plainer, clarify, make more comprehensible/intelligible; paraphrase Ant: complicate …
17Simplify your life — („Vereinfache dein Leben“) ist der Titel eines Buches von Werner Tiki Küstenmacher und Lothar J. Seiwert, das sich auf einen populären Trend zur Vereinfachung des alltäglichen Lebens bezog (Einfaches Leben). Das Buch liegt zurzeit in der 15.… …
18simplify past tense and past participle simplified — verb (T) to make something easier or less complicated: an attempt to simplify the tax laws | Try to simplify your explanation for the children. see also: oversimplify simplified adjective: a simplified version of Chinese script simplification /… …
19simplify — Synonyms and related words: abridge, account for, aid, allegorize, boil down, chasten, clarify, clean up, clear the way, clear up, compress, crack, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, damp, dampen, decipher, decrease, deduct, deflate, demonstrate,… …
20simplify — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. clear up, clarify, explain, elucidate, interpret, reduce to essentials, make clear, make plain, break down, analyze; see also explain , order 3 . Ant. mix*, complicate, confuse. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To reduce in… …
