Meaning & use

simplify

verb·Academic

To make something easier to understand or do by removing unnecessary complexity.

See it in a sentence

The teacher simplified the instructions so that younger students could follow them.

Engineers simplified the design to cut both cost and assembly time.

A note on using this word

Simplify focuses on reducing complexity, not shortening length; a simplified explanation can still be long if it is easier to follow.

Words with a similar meaning

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Words with an opposite meaning

complicate

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