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STREAMLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does streamline mean? 

STREAMLINE (verb)
  The verb STREAMLINE has 1 sense:

1. contour economically or efficientlyplay

  Familiarity information: STREAMLINE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STREAMLINE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they streamline  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it streamlines  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: streamlined  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: streamlined  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: streamlining  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Contour economically or efficiently

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "streamline" is one way to...):

contour (form the contours of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

streamliner (a streamlined train)


 Context examples 


Streamlines and centralizes administrative, financial, and data collection tasks.

(Cancer Trials Support Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

You can streamline your finances quite efficiently after the new moon of January 24 in Aquarius.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A system to standardize and streamline data reporting and reduce administration needs.

(Clinical Data Update System, NCI Thesaurus)

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes into a crop plant, developing a reliable method that will make it easier to breed a variety of crops with vastly improved traits.

(Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)



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