sim

See also: Sim, SIM, sím, šim, and šīm

English

Etymology

Shortening of simulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪm/

Noun

sim (plural sims)

1. (informal) A simulation or simulator.

   They played a flight sim all afternoon.

   • 2009 July 11, Darren Zenko, “U.K. pair turn time into romp”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward.

Anagrams

• -ism, IMS, IMs, ISM, MIS, MSI, ism, mis-

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Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Mien *simᴬ (“needle”).

Noun

sim 

1. needle

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Khasi

Noun

sim

1. bird

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Kurdish

sim

Noun

sim m

1. hoof (foot of an animal)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at hoof. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sim in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sim/, [sĩː]

Verb

sim

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

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Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of sim – see 心 (“heart; mind; etc.”). (This character, sim, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 心.)

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Mizo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim/

Verb

sim

1. to repent

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese si (“yes”), from Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sĩ/
• Hyphenation: sim

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Interjection

sim

1. yes (affirmative answer)

   “Eles já saíram?” “Sim.”

   “Have they left?” “Yes.”

Usage notes

Sim as an affirmative response can be seen as somewhat terse. In more informal situations, the typical affirmative response consists of repeating the first word of the question’s verb phrase, with a change in person if necessary:

• “Eles já saíram?” “Já.”

  “Have they left?” “Yes.”

• “Eu ganhei?” “ganhaste/ (você) ganhou.”

  “Have I won?” “You have.”

• “Você vai sair?” “vou.”

  “Are you going out?” “I am.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:sim

Antonyms

• não; see Thesaurus:sim#Antonyms

Adverb

sim (not comparable)

1. indeed; do (used for emphasis in affirmative expressions)

   Eu já li esse livro sim.

   I have already read this book indeed.

   Ele matou sim o bicho.

   He did kill the bug.

Noun

sim m (plural sins)

1. yes; yea (an affirmative answer)

   Recebemos um sim e três nãos.

   We got one yes and three noes.

Antonyms

• não

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

sim (Cyrillic spelling сим)

1. (Kajkavian) hither, this way, here

Synonyms

• simo

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Swedish

Etymology

Back-formation from simma.

Noun

sim n

1. swim

Declension

Declension of sim
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sim	simmet	sim	simmen
Genitive	sims	simmets	sims	simmens

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) sim (枮, 槮, 𣑷)

1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 心 (MC siɪm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θim˨˦/
• Tone numbers: sim¹
• Hyphenation: sim

Noun

sim (old orthography sim)

1. heart