simplicate
English
Etymology
Blend of simple + complicate.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĭm′plĭ-kāt
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.plɪ.keɪt/
- (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.plɪ.kæɪt/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsəm.plə.kæɪt/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsɪm.plɪ.ket/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: (weak vowel distinction) -ɪmplɪkeɪt, (weak vowel merger) -ɪmpləkeɪt
- Hyphenation: com‧pli‧cate
Verb
simplicate (third-person singular simple present simplicates, present participle simplicating, simple past and past participle simplicated)
- 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.
Related terms
Further reading
- “simplicate”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪm.plɪˈkaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sim.pliˈkaː.te]
- Hyphenation: sim‧pli‧cā‧te
Verb
simplicāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of simplicō
Participle
simplicāte
- vocative masculine singular of simplicātus
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pel- (fold)
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