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# streamlining

noun (uncountable); verb (present participle of streamline: streamline, streamlines, streamlined, streamlining)

«streamlining» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. making something simpler and more efficient. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#m1)
2. (euphemism, business) cutting jobs or services. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#m2)
3. (science) shaping something so it moves easily through air or water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in business and government to make cuts sound like better organisation; also a real science word about shapes. Official, all regions.

### Examples

- The company announced streamlining, and two hundred jobs went. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#x1)
- Fish and dolphins have a streamlined shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#x2)
- We streamlined the morning routine so we leave earlier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#x3)
- The council's streamlining closed two libraries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#x4)
- In science we tested which shape was most streamlined. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#x5)
- Streamlining the form made it much quicker to fill in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/#x6)

### Note

Science sense: a smooth shape that reduces drag. Business sense: often job cuts. Context matters.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «streamlining» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streamlining/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«streamlining» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/streamlining.html) on Mova free.