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Grammar : Verb
Spell : sim-pluh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pləˌfaɪ



Definition of simplify

Origin :
  • 1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified; simplifying.
  • verb make easy, intelligible
Example sentences :
  • Can we not simplify life as we are simplifying the machinery of industry?
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • And when the world is ripe for it another will come and simplify that.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Special fittings are provided to simplify the work of burning.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Perhaps some may ask what harm it will do, to simplify language, when talking to children.
  • Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott
  • All I ask is that you should simplify the matter by telling me what occurred at your interview.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • I would then at once simplify my life and that of those whom I can directly reach.
  • Extract from : « Third class in Indian railways » by Mahatma Gandhi
  • That will simplify the whole matter, and trouble will cease.
  • Extract from : « Is Shakespeare Dead? » by Mark Twain
  • Then, too, it will simplify matters when you get to your lodgings.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis
  • The hand of time had played over her freely, but only to simplify.
  • Extract from : « The Real Thing and Other Tales » by Henry James
  • It would also simplify the bookkeeping of the commercial house.
  • Extract from : « Godfrey Morgan » by Jules Verne

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