streamlined
/stɹˈimlˌaɪnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.
adj
Having been made more simple and straight forward.
verb
simple past and past participle of streamline
Example Sentences
- "Commercial pilots would benefit from streamlined rules on flight time, duty and rest requirements in a proposal being announced Friday by federal regulators."
- "He boasted about how quickly the company had brought the 737 Max to market — and praised the Federal Aviation Administration’s “streamlined” certification process."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew-der. Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s Proto-Germanic *straumaz Proto-West Germanic *straum Old English strēam Middle English strem English stream Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.? Proto-Germanic *līną Proto-Germanic *līnǭ Proto-West Germanic *līnā Old English līne Middle English line English line English streamline Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English streamlined From streamline + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more streamlined (comparative)
most streamlined (superlative)