streamline

CEFRC1

/ˈstriːmlaɪn/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make a process simpler and more efficient.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

Examples

  • From now on I want to attempt to streamline management.

  • Streamline your localization process with a translation management solution (TMS).

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

  2. To modernize.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

More examples

In context

  • The mayor of New York made an effort to streamline municipal government.

  • The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.

  • The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.

Antonyms

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The company wants to blank its production process in order to reduce waste.

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Origin

verb

From stream + line.