Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.

    vereinfachen

    упроща́тьuproščátʹ, упрости́тьuprostítʹ

    спро́щуватиspróščuvaty, спрости́тиsprostýty

    make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent

  2. (intransitive)To become simpler.

    sich vereinfachen, einfacher werden

    упроща́тьсяuproščátʹsja, упрости́тьсяuprostítʹsja

Examples

56 sentences
  1. I've simplified it a little bit.

    ruЯ его немного упростил.

    deIch habe es ein bisschen vereinfacht.

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  2. The instructions ought to be simplified.

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  3. That's why we need to simplify things.

    deEbendeshalb müssen wir alles vereinfachen.

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  4. We spent a lot of time simplifying things?

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  5. The explanations are too elaborate and should be simplified.

    ruОбъяснения слишком сложны и должны быть упрощены.

    deDie Erläuterungen sind zu umständlich und sollten vereinfacht werden.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make simpler:
Русский
By meaning 2
to make simpler:
to become simpler:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make simpler:
to become simpler:

Origin

From the French simplifier, equivalent to simple + -ify.

From the French simplifier, equivalent to simple + -ify.

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Forms

simplifies, simplifying, simplified, simplified
Base formsimplify · to simplify
3rd person singularsimplifies
Present participlesimplifying
Past simplesimplified
Past participlesimplified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysimplify
he, she, itsimplifies

Past simpleLesson

all personssimplified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave simplified
he, she, ithas simplified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill simplify

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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