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simplify

verb

/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/

Meaning

to make easier to understand or do; to reduce complexity

to make something easier to understand or do

The teacher simplified the complex equation for the students.

The teacher simplified the lesson for the younger students.

clarify, streamline, reduce, ease

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clarify, streamline, reduce, ease

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streamline, clarify, ease, reduce

complicate, confuse, elaborate, complex, perplex

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complicate, confuse, elaborate, complex

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complicate, confuse, perplex

simplify process, simplify language, simplify procedure, simplify explanation, simplify rules, simplify tasks

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simplify process, simplify language, simplify procedure, simplify explanation, simplify rules

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simplify process, simplify tasks, simplify explanation

to buy and sell goods or services; to exchange

to shake violently; to suffer sudden involuntary contractions

To bring upon oneself something undesirable, usually as a result of actions.

Follow the course or trail of someone or something, typically in order to find them or note their lo...

To regularly increase or decrease.

to move through the air using wings or in an aircraft