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simplicate

Syllables: com·pli·cate/ˈsɪm.plɪ.keɪt/

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Australia/ˈsɪm.plɪ.kæɪt/

simplicate verb: to make a system more complex so that the use of the system is easier or simpler.

Verb

simplicate (third-person singular simple present simplicates, present participle simplicating, simple past and past participle simplicated)

  1. To make a system more complex so that the use of the system is easier or simpler.
    • Our audience is getting younger and less educated, so despite the additional fabrication costs, we must simplicate the new model of this machine to improve ease of use.

Forms of simplicate

third-person singular presentsimplicates
present participlesimplicating
past participlesimplicated
pastsimplicated

Origin of simplicate

Blend of simple + complicate.

Questions about simplicate

What does simplicate mean?
Simplicate means to make a system more complex so that the use of the system is easier or simpler.
What part of speech is simplicate?
Simplicate is a verb.
How do you pronounce simplicate?
Simplicate is pronounced /ˈsɪm.plɪ.keɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of simplicate?
The past tense of simplicate is simplicated.

Words near simplicate in the dictionary

  1. simplexes
  2. simplexity
  3. simplexvirus
  4. simplexviruses
  5. simplic
  6. simplicate
  7. simplicated
  8. simplicates
  9. simplicating
  10. simplication
  11. simplices

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