simplified

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪd/, /ˈsɪmpləfaɪd/

Adjective

simplified (comparative more simplified, superlative most simplified)

1. Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.
   • 2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 56:

     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.

   Coordinate term: traditional

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

Derived terms

• Simplified Chinese

Translations

made simpler

• Czech: zjednodušený (cs)
• Danish: forenklet
• Finnish: yksinkertaistettu
• Greek: απλοποιημένος (el) (aplopoiiménos)
• Hungarian: egyszerűsített (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forenklet, forenkla

  Nynorsk: forenkla

• Russian: упрощённый (ru) (uproščónnyj)
• Swedish: förenklad (sv)

Verb

simplified

1. simple past tense and past participle of simplify

Noun

simplified (uncountable)

1. (informal, uncountable) Short for simplified Chinese.

   Coordinate term: traditional