simplification

UK: /ˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌsɪmpləfɪˈkeɪʃən/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

sim•pli•fy /ˈsɪmpləˌfaɪ/   v. [~ + object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to make simple or simpler:
   to simplify the problem.

sim•pli•fi•ca•tion /ˌsɪmpləfɪˈkeɪʃən/  n. 

[uncountable] too much simplification in dealing with complex issues.

[countable] Your essay is a simplification of a complex topic.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sim•pli•fy  (sim′plə fī′), v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to make less complex or complicated;
   make plainer or easier:
   to simplify a problem.

• Medieval Latin simplificāre to make simple, equivalent. to Latin simpli- (combining form of simplus simple) + -ficāre -fy
• French simplifier
• 1645–55

sim′pli•fi•ca′tion, n. 
sim′pli•fi•ca′tive, adj. 
sim′pli•fi′er, sim′pli•fi•ca′tor, n.