simplify
verbOPAL W
/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/
/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they simplify | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it simplifies | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪz/ /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple simplified | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/ /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle simplified | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/ /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form simplifying | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- simplify something to make something easier to do or understand
- The application forms have now been simplified.
- I hope his appointment will simplify matters.
- a simplified version of the story for young children
Extra Examples- The whole process has now been greatly simplified.
- This analysis is overly simplified.
- This is a highly simplified view of the economy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- greatly
- radically
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be designed to
- …
- highly simplified
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French simplifier, from medieval Latin simplificare, from Latin simplus.