Simplified
/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/ adj, noun, verb, slang
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of simplified Chinese. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of simplify form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 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."
- 2 Relating to simplified Chinese.
"The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate."