Meanings
nounsimplification (countable and uncountable, plural simplifications)
plural simplifications
- countableuncountableThe act of simplifying or something that has been simplified.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchsimplification
- Englishsimplification
From the French simplification.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَبْسِيط
- تَبْسِيط (tabsīṭ)act of simplifying
Bulgarian опростяване
- опростяване (oprostjavane)act of simplifying
Catalan simplificació
- simplificacióact of simplifying
Chinese Mandarin 簡單化 /简单化, 簡化 /简化
- 簡單化 /简单化 (jiǎndānhuà)act of simplifying
- 簡化 /简化 (jiǎnhuà)act of simplifying
Czech zjednodušení
- zjednodušeníact of simplifying
Dutch vereenvoudiging, versimpeling
- vereenvoudigingact of simplifying
- versimpelingact of simplifying
Finnish yksinkertaistus, pelkistys
- yksinkertaistusact of simplifying
- pelkistysact of simplifying
French simplification
- simplificationact of simplifying
German Vereinfachung
- Vereinfachungact of simplifying
Greek απλούστευση, απλοποίηση
- απλούστευση (aploústefsi)act of simplifying
- απλοποίηση (aplopoíisi)act of simplifying
Hungarian egyszerűsítés
- egyszerűsítésact of simplifying
Italian semplificazione
- semplificazioneact of simplifying
Japanese 単純化
- 単純化 (tanjunka)act of simplifying
Māori whakarūnātanga
- whakarūnātangaact of simplifying
Norwegian Bokmål forenkling
- forenklingact of simplifying
Polish uproszczenie
- uproszczenieact of simplifying
Portuguese simplificação
- simplificaçãoact of simplifying
Russian упроще́ние
- упроще́ние (uproščénije)act of simplifying
Spanish simplificación
- simplificaciónact of simplifying
Swedish förenkling
- förenklingact of simplifying
Tagalog pagpayak, pamayak
- pagpayakact of simplifying
- pamayakact of simplifying
Turkish basitleştirme
- basitleştirmeact of simplifying
Vietnamese sự đơn giản hóa
- sự đơn giản hóaact of simplifying
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with simplification
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
simplification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simplification
MLA
“simplification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simplification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “simplification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simplification.
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