Usually means: Simplify content for easier understanding.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dumb down: Merriam-Webster
  2. dumb down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dumb down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dumb-down: Wordnik
  5. dumb down: Wiktionary
  6. dumb down: Dictionary.com
  7. dumb down: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  8. dumb down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. dumb down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dumb down: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dumb-down, dumb down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dumb down)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.

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