VERB | change | simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent |
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Sounds | sih'mplahfay. | |
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Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... |
Meaning | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Narrower | oversimplify | make too simple |
reduce | make less complex | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Opposite | complicate, perplex | make more complicated |
Spanish | simplificar | |
Catalan | simplificar | |
Nouns | simplification | elimination of superfluous details |
simplification | the act of reducing complexity | |
simplification | an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity |
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