streamline — stream‧line [ˈstriːmlaɪn] verb [transitive] to make something such as a business or organization work more simply and effectively: • Much has been done to streamline the production process. • The organization has been streamlined to reduce… … Financial and business terms
streamline — stream line, v. t. 1. to design or modify so as to present the least possible resistance to fluid flow; used mostly of vehicles, such as automobiles, airplanes, or ships. [PJC] 2. [Fig.] to change so as to make more efficient; used especially of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
streamline — [[t]stri͟ːmlaɪn[/t]] streamlines, streamlining, streamlined VERB To streamline an organization or process means to make it more efficient by removing unnecessary parts of it. [V n] They re making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome… … English dictionary
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streamlined — streamline stream‧line [ˈstriːmlaɪn] verb [transitive] to make something such as a business or organization work more simply and effectively: • Much has been done to streamline the production process. • The organization has been streamlined to… … Financial and business terms
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