simplify

(sĭm'plə-fī')
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
To make simple or simpler, as:

1. To reduce in complexity or extent.
2. To reduce to fundamental parts.
3. To make easier to understand.

[French simplifier, from Old French, from Medieval Latin simplificāre : Latin simplus, simple; see simple + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

simplification sim'pli·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
simplifier sim'pli·fi'er n.

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verb

To reduce in complexity or scope: boil down. See increase/decrease, simple/complex.

v

Definition: make easy, intelligible
Antonyms: complicate, confuse, make difficult

See words rhyming with "simplify."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forenkle, simplificere

Nederlands (Dutch)
vereenvoudigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - simplifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - vereinfachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απλοποιώ, απλουστεύω

Italiano (Italian)
semplificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - simplificar

Русский (Russian)
упрощать, рационализировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - simplificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förenkla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
简化, 精简, 使平易, 使单纯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 簡化, 精簡, 使平易, 使單純

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 단순화하다, 간소화 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 簡単にする, 単純化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوضح, يبسط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פישט‬

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