Work & careers

streamline

make more efficient

To simplify a process so that it takes less time or effort.

B1 common speech & writing

Hear it in real life

How can we finish this faster?

We could streamline the approval process.

Play the conversation

Online forms have streamlined the booking process.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We need to streamline the process more easier.

Say: We need to streamline the process.

“Streamline” already means make a process simpler and more efficient, so avoid adding a second comparison.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

streamline a process; streamline a workflow; streamline operations

Your turn: say it out loud

Online forms have streamlined the booking process.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

streamline

make more efficient

“Online forms have streamlined the booking process.”

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