streamline
To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etcTo design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
» The manufacturing process has been streamlined.
Der Herstellungsprozess wurde optimiert.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
придава́ть обтека́емую фо́рмуpridavátʹ obtekájemuju fórmu
(broadly, transitive)To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
рационализи́роватьracionalizírovatʹ, ускоря́тьuskorjátʹ
(transitive)To modernize.
модернизи́роватьmodɛrnizírovatʹ
- contour economically or efficiently
Examples
14 sentencesThe manufacturing process has been streamlined.
deDer Herstellungsprozess wurde optimiert.
Tom is constantly streamlining his business plan.
From now on I want to attempt to streamline management.
Let's see whether we can streamline the process by involving fewer agencies.
Algeria could streamline its regulations and procedures to make them more straightforward and transparent.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
Forms
streamlines, streamlining, streamlined, streamlined| Base form | streamline · to streamline |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | streamlines |
| Present participle | streamlining |
| Past simple | streamlined |
| Past participle | streamlined |
regular · Lesson
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle