# simplified

Pronunciation: say "SIM-pli-fyd" /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/

## Adjective

1. Made less complex, usually by removing details or steps.
   - Simple: Made easier to understand or use by taking out the difficult parts.
   - _The textbook offers a simplified account of how the engine works._
   - _Her simplified budget left out every minor expense._
3. Relating to the reduced-stroke set of Chinese characters used in mainland China and several other regions.
   - Simple: Describing the simpler set of Chinese characters used mainly in mainland China.
   - _The mainland edition uses simplified Chinese throughout._
   - _Many learners start with simplified characters rather than the traditional ones._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of simplify. — simple past and past participle of simplify
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of simplify. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _Engineers simplified the design after the first prototype failed._
   - _The committee simplified the membership rules last year._

## Noun

4. Ellipsis of simplified Chinese. *(colloquial)* — Ellipsis of simplified Chinese.
   - Simple: Short way of saying simplified Chinese, the simpler set of written characters.
   - _The website defaults to simplified for mainland users._
   - _He set his phone to display simplified instead of traditional._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/simplified (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).