1. To make the standards, rules, or conditions for evaluation or selection less complex or easier to understand
We need to simplify criteria for the hiring process to make it more efficient.
Precisamos simplificar os critérios do processo de contratação para torná-lo mais eficiente.
2. To reduce the number of conditions or requirements needed to assess something
The committee decided to simplify criteria for scholarship eligibility.
A comissão decidiu simplificar os critérios de elegibilidade para bolsas de estudo.