sim

See also: Sim, SIM, sím, šim, šīm, and сим

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

1. hoof (foot of an animal)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sim/, [s̠ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sim/, [sim]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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 term 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 Galician-Portuguese si (“yes”), from Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sĩ/
• Hyphenation: sim

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ĩ

Interjection

sim

1. yes (affirmative answer)

   “Eles já saíram?” “Sim, saíram.”

   “Have they left?” “Yes, they have.”

Usage notes

Sim as an affirmative response is relatively uncommon in Portuguese. The typical affirmative response in the language consists of repeating the first verb of the question, with a change in person if necessary:

• “Eles saíram?” “Saíram.”

  “Have they left?” “Yes.”

• “Eu ganhei?” “ganhaste/ 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

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

Anagrams

• -ism

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂim˧˧] ~ [sim˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cây) sim • (枮, 槮, 𣑷)

1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 心 (MC sim).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sim (1957–1982 spelling sim)

1. heart