simplified

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/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd//ˈsɪmpləfaɪd/

adjective

Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.

“The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.”

CommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivesimplified (comparative more simplified, superlative most simplified)

comparative more simplified · superlative most simplified

  1. Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.

    With punctuality nosediving and both overcrowding and cancellations on the rise, a new simplified timetable was introduced in December amid threats from the Mayor that he would ask the Secretary of State for Transport to strip Abellio of the franchise.

    2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56
  2. Relating to simplified Chinese.

    The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of simplify
nounsimplified (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationellipsisinformaluncountableEllipsis of simplified Chinese.

Translations

Arabic مُبَسَّط
  • مُبَسَّط (mubassaṭ)made simpler
Czech zjednodušený
  • zjednodušenýmade simpler
Danish forenklet
  • forenkletmade simpler
Finnish yksinkertaistettu
  • yksinkertaistettumade simpler
German vereinfacht
  • vereinfachtmade simpler
Greek απλοποιημένος
  • απλοποιημένος (aplopoiiménos)made simpler
Hungarian egyszerűsített
  • egyszerűsítettmade simpler
Norwegian Bokmål forenklet, forenkla
  • forenkletmade simpler
  • forenklamade simpler
Russian упрощённый
  • упрощённый (uproščónnyj)made simpler
Swedish förenklad
  • förenkladmade simpler
Ukrainian спро́щений
  • спро́щений (spróščenyj)made simpler
Cite this entry
APA

simplified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simplified

MLA

“simplified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simplified. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “simplified,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simplified.

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