English · verb

simplify

‘make simple’
simple+-ifyCAUS

-ify — causative

The same meaning in all five languages

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  1. 01simplify is an English verb formed from the stem simple with the suffix -ify (causative).3 steps
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    • affixaffix:en:-ify
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  2. 02Its meaning ('make simple') can be approximated as CAUSE(BECOME(SMALL)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03Aligned forms: French simplifier (translation equivalent); Hindi सरल बनाना (saral banānā) (translation equivalent); Tamil எளிமைப்படுத்து (eḷimaippaṭuttu) (translation equivalent); Telugu సులభపరచు (sulabhaparacu) (translation equivalent).1 step
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