streamlining

«streamlining» in Mova's school dictionary: making something simpler and more efficient — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) making something simpler and more efficient. tree →

2) (euphemism, business) cutting jobs or services. tree →

3) (science) shaping something so it moves easily through air or water. tree →

sense 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 →
• Fish and dolphins have a streamlined shape. tree →
• We streamlined the morning routine so we leave earlier. tree →
• The council's streamlining closed two libraries. tree →
• In science we tested which shape was most streamlined. tree →
• Streamlining the form made it much quicker to fill in. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• For example, "We are streamlining the team" from a manager usually means some people are about to lose their jobs.
• "Streamlining" means cutting jobs or services.
• "Efficiency savings" means budget cuts; "streamlining" and "rightsizing" mean cutting jobs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «streamlining» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.