simple
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Inherited from Middle English symple, simple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“to fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc.
Partially displaced native English onefold.
Inflected forms:
form: simpler
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more simple
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: simplest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most simple
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: simples
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
pos: adj
examples: We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?
Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which their simple minds could give no natural explanations.
The simplest soliton is the domain wall with co-dimension one, and the next simplest is the vortex with co-dimension two, whereas the co-dimension three (four) soliton is called monopole (instanton).
gloss: Easy; not difficult.
pos: adj
examples: There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.
Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it simpler to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.
gloss: Without ornamentation; plain.
pos: adj
gloss: Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
pos: adj
examples: Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.
Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. The vision of genius comes by renouncing the too officious activity of the understanding, and giving leave and amplest privilege to the spontaneous sentiment.
gloss: Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
pos: adj
examples: Garak: Who would want to kill me, a simple tailor? / Odo: A simple tailor? A simple tailor who used to be an agent of the Obsidian Order!
gloss: Trivial; insignificant.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: ‘That was a symple cause,’ seyde Sir Trystram, ‘for to sle a good knyght for seyynge well by his maystir.’
gloss: Feeble-minded; foolish.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
euphemistic
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
universal
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
examples: Chesapeake & Ohio turned to simple articulateds, for instance, simply because its Alleghany tunnels would not accommodate the low-pressure forward cylinders of larger compounds.
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
examples: a simple ascidian
gloss: Structurally uncomplicated.
pos: adj
gloss: Mere; not other than; being only.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: A medicine […] whose simple touch / Is powerful to araise King Pepin.
"Yes; as well versed in the art of intrigue, I should think, as if she had been brought up in attendance in a court, instead of being a simple butler's daughter, in a gloomy old pile like this!"
gloss: A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
pos: noun
examples: Dere is some simples in my closet, dat I vill not for the varld I shall leave behind.
I know there are some simples, which in operation are moistening and some drying.
[W]hat Virtue there is in this Remedy lies in the naked Simple it ſelf, as it comes over from the Indies, and in the Choice of that which is leaſt dried, or periſhed by the Voyage.
The first fellow that picked an herb to cure himself had a bit of pluck. Simples. Want to be careful.
The venerable carryall, formerly brimming with all manner of esoteric pamphlets and witch's simples, now overflowed with a cascade of soft toys, juice bottles, tissues, linen books for infants, […]
gloss: A physician.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
obsolete
gloss: A simple or atomic proposition.
pos: noun
examples: Peter van Inwagen, for example, believes that there are no ordinary objects, no chairs or shirts or shoes. Right here there are just some simples — atoms or whatever — arranged shoe-wise.
gloss: Something not mixed or compounded.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels
gloss: A drawloom.
pos: noun
gloss: Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
pos: noun
gloss: A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
pos: noun
Derived words: central simple algebra
fee simple
future simple
gentle and simple
gentle nor simple
gentle or simple
it's as simple as that
nonsimple
oversimple
past simple
plain and simple
present simple
pure and simple
quasisimple
semisimple
shrimple
simple algebra
simple as
simple as a pimple
simple as kiss your hand
simple beam
simple connectedness
simple connectivity
simple continued fraction
simple contract
simple curve
simple dislocation
simple engine
simple English
simple equation
simple extension
simple eye
simple fraction
simple fracture
simple fruit
simple function
simple future
simple group
simple harmonic motion
simple harmonic oscillator
simplehead
simple-hearted
simplehearted
simple hyperopia
simple interest
simple knot
simple leaf
simple-lifeish
simple linear regression
simple living
simple machine
simple majority
simple mastectomy
simple meter
simple microscope
simple-minded
simple myopia
simpleness
simple past
simple pendulum
simple pistil
simple pole
simple present
simple protein
simple quadruple time
simple regression
simple ring
simple root
simple sentence
Simple Simon
simple squamous epithelium
simpless
simple sugar
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Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: eenvoudig
lang: Albanian
word: thjeshtë
lang: Arabic
word: بَسِيط
roman: basīṭ
lang: Arabic
word: سَهْل
roman: sahl
lang: Arabic
word: بسيط
roman: basīṭ
lang: Arabic
word: بَسِيط
roman: basīṭ
lang: Arabic
word: سَهَل
roman: sahal
lang: Aragonese
word: simple
lang: Armenian
word: պարզ
roman: parz
lang: Armenian
word: հասարակ
roman: hasarak
lang: Assamese
word: সৰল
roman: xorol
lang: Assamese
word: সহজ
roman: xohoz
lang: Asturian
word: simple
lang: Asturian
word: cenciellu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sadə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bəsit
lang: Bashkir
word: ябай
roman: yabay
lang: Basque
word: erraz
lang: Belarusian
word: про́сты
roman: prósty
lang: Belarusian
word: лёгкі
roman: ljóhki
lang: Bengali
word: সহজ
roman: śohoj
lang: Breton
word: eeun
lang: Bulgarian
word: прост
roman: prost
lang: Bulgarian
word: ле́сен
roman: lésen
lang: Burmese
word: ရိုး
roman: rui:
lang: Catalan
word: simple
lang: Catalan
word: senzill
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 簡單 /简单
roman: jiǎndān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 容易
roman: róngyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 簡易 /简易
roman: jiǎnyì
lang: Cornish
word: sempel
lang: Czech
word: jednoduchý
lang: Czech
word: prostý
lang: Czech
word: lehký
lang: Danish
word: enkel
lang: Danish
word: simpel
lang: Dutch
word: eenvoudig
lang: Dutch
word: simpel
lang: Esperanto
word: simpla
lang: Estonian
word: lihtne
lang: Faroese
word: einfaldur
lang: Finnish
word: yksinkertainen
lang: Finnish
word: simppeli
lang: Finnish
word: selko-
lang: French
word: simple
lang: West-Frisian
word: ienfâldich
lang: Galician
word: simple
lang: Galician
word: sinxelo
lang: Georgian
word: მარტივი
roman: marṭivi
lang: Georgian
word: უბრალო
roman: ubralo
lang: Georgian
word: სადა
roman: sada
lang: Georgian
word: იოლი
roman: ioli
lang: German
word: einfach
lang: German
word: simpel
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃
roman: ainfalþs
lang: Greek
word: απλός
roman: aplós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἁπλόος
roman: haplóos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λιτός
roman: litós
lang: Gujarati
word: સાદું
roman: sādũ
lang: Haitian Creole
word: senp
lang: Hawaiian
word: maʻalahi
lang: Hebrew
word: פשוט
roman: pashút
lang: Hindi
word: सरल
roman: saral
lang: Hindi
word: आसान
roman: āsān
lang: Hungarian
word: egyszerű
lang: Hunsrik
word: eenfach
lang: Icelandic
word: einfaldur
lang: Ido
word: simpla
lang: Indonesian
word: sederhana
lang: Indonesian
word: mudah
lang: Interlingua
word: simple
lang: Interlingua
word: simplice
lang: Irish
word: simplí
lang: Italian
word: semplice
lang: Italian
word: mero
lang: Japanese
word: 簡単な
roman: kantan na
lang: Japanese
word: 単純な
roman: tanjun na
lang: Japanese
word: 易い
roman: yasui
lang: Kapampangan
word: mayan
lang: Kapampangan
word: masaguli
lang: Kapampangan
word: karaniuan
lang: Kapampangan
word: simpli
lang: Kapampangan
word: marimut
lang: Kazakh
word: қарапайым
roman: qarapaiym
lang: Kazakh
word: жеңіл
roman: jeñıl
lang: Khmer
word: មិនពិបាក
roman: mɨn pi’baak
lang: Korean
word: 간단(簡單)하다
roman: gandan-hada
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئاسان
roman: asan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ساکار
roman: sakar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: sade
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hêsan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жөнөкөй
roman: jönököy
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жеңил
roman: jeŋil
lang: Ladino
word: kolay
lang: Ladino
word: sempl
lang: Ladino
word: sémpliche
lang: Lao
word: ງ່າຍ
roman: ngāi
lang: Latin
word: simplex
lang: Latvian
word: parasts
lang: Latvian
word: vienkāršs
lang: Lithuanian
word: paprastas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: einfach
lang: Luxembourgish
word: liicht
lang: Macedonian
word: едно́ставен
roman: ednóstaven
lang: Macedonian
word: прост
roman: prost
lang: Macedonian
word: ле́сен
roman: lésen
lang: Malay
word: mudah
lang: Malayalam
word: ലളിത
roman: laḷita
lang: Maltese
word: sempliċi
lang: Manx
word: oney
lang: Manx
word: macaintagh
lang: Manx
word: neuchialgagh
lang: Māori
word: waingōhia
lang: Māori
word: māmā
lang: Māori
word: ngāwari
lang: Marathi
word: सरळ
roman: saraḷ
lang: Mirandese
word: lhano
lang: Mongolian
word: энгийн
roman: engiin
lang: Nepali
word: साधा
roman: sādhā
lang: Nepali
word: सरल
roman: saral
lang: Nepali
word: साधारण
roman: sādhāraṇ
lang: Norman
word: sîmpl'ye
lang: Occitan
word: simple
lang: Odia
word: ସରଳ
roman: saraḷa
lang: Old English
word: ānfeald
lang: Persian
word: ساده
roman: sâde
lang: Plautdietsch
word: eefach
lang: Polish
word: prosty
lang: Polish
word: łatwy
lang: Polish
word: lekki
lang: Portuguese
word: simples
lang: Punjabi
word: سادہ
roman: sādh
lang: Punjabi
word: ਸਾਦਾ
roman: sādā
lang: Romanian
word: simplu
lang: Romanian
word: necomplicat
lang: Romansh
word: simpel
lang: Romansh
word: sempel
lang: Russian
word: просто́й
roman: prostój
lang: Russian
word: лёгкий
roman: ljóxkij
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sìmplidh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: је̏дноста̄ван
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лак
roman: easy
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jȅdnostāvan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lak
lang: Sicilian
word: sìmplici
lang: Sicilian
word: sèmplici
lang: Sicilian
word: sìmprici
lang: Sicilian
word: sèmprici
lang: Silesian
word: ajnfachowy
lang: Slovak
word: jednoduchý
lang: Slovak
word: prostý
lang: Slovak
word: ľahký
lang: Slovene
word: preprost
lang: Slovene
word: enostaven
lang: Slovene
word: lahek
lang: Spanish
word: simple
lang: Spanish
word: sencillo
lang: Swedish
word: enkel
lang: Swedish
word: simpel
lang: Tagalog
word: simple
lang: Tagalog
word: payak
lang: Tagalog
word: yano
lang: Tagalog
word: liso
lang: Tajik
word: сода
roman: soda
lang: Tamil
word: எளிய
roman: eḷiya
lang: Tamil
word: எளிது
roman: eḷitu
lang: Tamil
word: எளிமையான
roman: eḷimaiyāṉa
lang: Tatar
word: гади
roman: ğädi
lang: Tatar
word: беркатлы
roman: berqatlı
lang: Telugu
word: సరళమైన
roman: saraḷamaina
lang: Thai
word: ง่าย
roman: ngâai
lang: Turkish
word: basit
lang: Turkish
word: sade
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ساده
roman: sade
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بسیط
roman: basît
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بیاغی
roman: bayağı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قولای
roman: kolay
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یسیر
roman: yesir
lang: Turkmen
word: sada
lang: Turkmen
word: ýönekeý
lang: Ukrainian
word: про́стий
roman: próstyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: ле́гкий
roman: léhkyj
lang: Urdu
word: آسان
roman: āsān
lang: Uzbek
word: sodda
lang: Uzbek
word: oson
lang: Vietnamese
word: giản dị
lang: Vietnamese
word: mộc mạc
lang: Vietnamese
word: đơn giản
lang: Vietnamese
word: giản đơn
lang: Volapük
word: balugik
lang: Welsh
word: syml
lang: Welsh
word: arddun
lang: Yiddish
word: פּשוט
roman: poshet
lang: Yoruba
word: rọrun
lang: Zazaki
word: gerges