See streamline on Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uskorjátʹ",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "ускоря́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "racionalizirati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "optimizirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "agilizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "racionalizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "simplificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "optimizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "eficientar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "eficientizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "optimar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "rationalisera"
},
{
"alt": "精简",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "tinh giản"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "efektivirn",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "עפֿעקטיווירן"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "farposhetern",
"sense": "to simplify a process",
"word": "פֿאַרפּשוטערן"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàndàihuà",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "現代化 /现代化"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "nykyaikaistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "moderniser"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "korszerűsít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "modernizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "ottimizzare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "osovremenuva",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "осовременува"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to modernise",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "usprawniać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to modernise",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "usprawnić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "modernizar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "modɛrnizírovatʹ",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "модернизи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "modernizar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "hiện đại hoá"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "modernizirn",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "מאָדערניזירן"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ratsyonalizirn",
"sense": "to modernise",
"word": "ראַציאָנאַליזירן"
}
],
"word": "streamline"
}
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