🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

razionalizzare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rattsionalitˈdzare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Streamline/ˈstriːm.laɪn/
verbadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'azienda vuole razionalizzare le procedure operative."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To design or make a process, organization, or system more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods.

    "The company decided to upgrade its software to streamline business operations and reduce costs."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water; streamlined.

    "The new aerodynamic design features a streamlined hull for greater speed."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'stream' (Old English 'strēam') and 'line' (Old French 'ligne' from Latin 'linea'), originally describing the design of objects to reduce fluid resistance. Over time, the term evolved metaphorically in business and engineering to mean making any process simpler, more efficient, and free of impediments.

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