Further
Further verb - To help the growth or development of.
Simplify and further are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simplify" instead a verb "Further".
Nearby Words: furthered, furthering
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| understanding | further understanding | simplify understanding |
| plot | further plot | simplify plot |
| story | further story | simplify story |
| storyline | further storyline | simplify storyline |
Both words in one sentence
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The steam engine especially, if developed further and perfected, could have been used to simplify a lot of labor-intensive jobs, as it was when the Industrial Revolution finally did roll around.
- This means putting a few urinals in the women's restrooms and things like tampon dispensers in the mens ones (other co-ed institutions simplify the situation even further by only installing stalls in bathrooms and mandating that everyone sit down to pee).
Source: Wondrous Ladies Room - Cataclysm also seeks to further simplify weapons and armor (much to the chagrin of "hardcore players") by removing many of the different stats.
Source: Guide Dang It / Western RPG
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