streamlining

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English

Definitions

verb

To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
(by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
To modernise.

noun

The process by which something is streamlined.

Related words

Synonyms

efficient efficiency optimizing optimisation modernization categorization categorisation unifying rationing modernisation simplify simplified mainstreaming coordination standardization reorganization

Antonyms

Associated

conning streamlined bureaucracy drag contracting permitting eliminating processes procedures contractor reducing cockpit

Rhymes

silver lining shining reclining pining declining defining combining undermining designing refining

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