simple
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[edit] Etymology
< Middle English simple < Old French and French simple < Latin simplex (“‘simple, literally 'onefold', as opposed to duplex, twofold, double’”) < sim- (“‘the same’”) + plicare (“‘to fold’”): see same and ply. Cf. single, singular, simultaneous, etc.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɪmpl/
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- Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
- Hyphenation: sim‧ple
[edit] Adjective
simple (comparative simpler, superlative simplest)
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- Having few parts or features; having no special features.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,
- There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,
- (colloquial) Feeble-minded.
- (mathematics, of a group) Having no normal subgroup.
- (mathematics, of a Lie group) Having no connected normal subgroup.
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- (having few parts or features): plain
- See WikiSaurus:easy
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- (having few parts or features): complex, compound, complicated
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simple (plural simples)
- (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition
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to simple (third-person singular simple present simples, present participle simpling, simple past and past participle simpled)
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.
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simple m. and f. (plural simples, obsolete feminine simpla)
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- fulla simple (“simple leaf”)
- simplement (“simply”)
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- símplex (“simplex”)
- simplicitat (“simplicity”)
- ximple
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- IPA: /ˈsimple/
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simple
[edit] French
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simple (epicene, plural simples)
- simple
- one-way
- Un billet simple.
- A one-way ticket.
- Un billet simple.
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simple m. and f. (plural simples)
[edit] Romanian
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- IPA: [ˈsim.ple]
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simple
- feminine plural nominative form of simplu.
- feminine plural accusative form of simplu.
- neuter plural nominative form of simplu.
- neuter plural accusative form of simplu.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Adjective
simple m. and f. (plural simples)
[edit] Noun
simple m. and f. (plural simples)