simple meaning
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[ˈsɪmpəl] 
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- Simple may refer to:
- NounPLsimples
- (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- OBS A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
- OBS Something not mixed or compounded.
- (weaving) A drawloom.
- (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
- (Roman Catholic) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- VerbSGsimplesPRsimplingPT, PPsimpled
- AdjectiveCOMsimplerSUPsimplest
- Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (now rare) Trivial; insignificant.
- (now colloquial) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (heading, technical) Structurally uncomplicated.
- a simple ascidian
- OBS Mere; not other than; being only.
- Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ... the simplest thing John Prescott could do, to help secure a fourth term for Labour, would be to disapparate, taking his fellow revenants with him. ( - The Observer)
- 1611, Bible (KJV): Proverbs 21:11, When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
- I couldn't get across to the board this simple economic fact.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- After summarisation, these documents seem much simpler.
- I'm sorry but I can't spell it out for you, because the whole issue is not that simple.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Meaning of simple for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "simple" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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- Countable nouns
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- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
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