streamline

verbBand 8

UKˈstriːmlaɪn

USˈstriːmˌlaɪn

To make a process or system more efficient by simplifying it.

A smooth shape with nothing to slow it: to streamline a process is to make it simpler and faster.

The software streamlines the whole booking process.

We streamlined operations to cut costs.

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A streamlined object has a smooth shape; streamline a process by removing unnecessary obstacles.

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