"simplify" meaning in English

See simplify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-simplify.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-simplify2.wav [UK] Forms: simplify [canonical], simplifies [third-person, singular], simplified [past], simplified [past, participle], simplifying [present, participle]
Etymology: simple + -ify Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|simple|ify}} simple + -ify Head templates: {{verb|simplif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you simplify something, you make it easier; you make it less complex.
    Sense id: simple-simplify-en-verb-OqP2B1D7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ify
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