See simplify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "In ancient times there existed in the region of the Tung-chia River 佟佳江 in present Liaoning a people called Kao-chü-li 高句驪. In the fifth century they moved their capital to P’ing-jang. The name of the country was simplified to Kao-li 高麗 (Korea).",
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"text": "Quizzed on simplifying fares, Heaton-Harris said the Government had inherited a \"mix of ticketing and unbelievable, interesting fares up and down the system, and we do want to simplify them\".",
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"ref": "2006, Karen Oslund, “Reading Backwards: Language Politics and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia”, in David L. Hoyt, Karen Oslund, editors, The Study of Language and the Politics of Community in Global Context, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 126:",
"text": "Thus, throughout the nineteenth century, linguists generally held that more grammatically complex languages were older and that languages tended to simplify over time—the four grammatical cases of German as contrasted with the seven of Latin, for example.",
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"(intransitive) To become simpler."
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "thjeshtëzoj"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplificar"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "sadələşdirmək"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "spraščácʹ",
"sense": "to make simpler",
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"sense": "to make simpler",
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"roman": "oprostéja",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplificar"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "簡化"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnhuà",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "简化"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "zjednodušit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "forenkle"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "vereenvoudigen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "versimpelen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "yksinkertaistaa"
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"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplifier"
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"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplificar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "vereinfachen"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aplopoió",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "απλοποιώ"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "egyszerűsít"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "単純化"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to make simpler",
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "vienkāršot"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "in mathematics",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "whakarūnā"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make simpler",
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"sense": "to make simpler",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "سادیدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "ساده کردن"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"tags": [
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplificar"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplifica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uproščátʹ",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "упроща́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "uprostítʹ",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplificar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make simpler",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "simplifiera"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "payakin"
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{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "ğadiläşterergä",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "гадиләштерергә"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "sadeleştirmek"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spróščuvaty",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "спро́щувати"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprostýty",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "спрости́ти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "đơn giản hóa"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to make simpler",
"word": "balugükön"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "sadələşmək"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oprostjavam se",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "опростявам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "yksinkertaistua"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "sich vereinfachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "einfacher werden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "egyszerűsödik"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "forenkles"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "ساده شدن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "simplificar-se"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "simplifica"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uproščátʹsja",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "упроща́ться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uprostítʹsja",
"sense": "to become simpler",
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"word": "упрости́ться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "förenklas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "simplifieras"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "pumayak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to become simpler",
"word": "sadeleşmek"
}
],
"word": "simplify"
}
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