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Definition of 'simple'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) simple
easy to understand or deal with.

2.  simple
not elaborate or complicated; plain; unembellished:
a simple design.

3.  simple
not ornate or luxurious; unadorned:
a simple dress.

4.  simple
unaffected; unassuming; modest.

5.  simple
occurring or considered alone; mere; bare:
the simple truth.

6.  simple
free of deceit or guile; sincere; artless.

7.  simple
common or ordinary:
a simple soldier.

8.  simple
not grand or sophisticated; unpretentious:
simple tastes.

9.  simple
humble or lowly:
simple folk.

10.  simple
unlearned; ignorant.

11.  simple
lacking mental acuteness or sense.

12.  simple
naive; credulous.

13.  simple
mentally deficient; simpleminded.

14.  simple
Chem.

15.  simple
composed of only one substance or element:
a simple substance.

16.  simple
not mixed.

17.  simple
Bot. not divided into parts:
a simple leaf.

18.  simple
Zool. not compound:
a simple ascidian.

19.  simple
Music. uncompounded or without overtones; single:
a simple tone.

20.  simple
(of a subject or predicate) having only the head without modifying elements included.

21.  simple
(of a verb tense) consisting of a main verb with no auxiliaries, as takes (simple present) or stood (simple past)

22.  simple
Math.

23.  simple
(of a lens) having two optical surfaces only.

24. (n.) simple
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.

25.  simple
something simple, unmixed, or uncompounded.

26.  simple
a person of humble origins; commoner.

27.  simple
an herb or other plant used for medicinal purposes:
country simples.

Etymology: (1175–1225; < OF < LL simplus simple = L sim- one +-plus, as in duplusduple (see -fold ))

Definition of 'simple'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) simple
any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

2. (adj) simpleton, simple
a person lacking intelligence or common sense

3. (adj) simple
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
"a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"

4. (adj) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic
easy and not involved or complicated
"an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

5. (adj) bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
"only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

6. (adj) childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
"childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"

7. (adj) dim-witted, simple, simple-minded
lacking mental capacity and subtlety

8. (adj) simple, unsubdivided
(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

9. (adj) simple
unornamented
"a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

Definition of 'simple'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) simple
≠ difficult
The math test was simple.

2. simple
not complicated; = straightforward
It's a simple mechanism.

3. simple
≠ fancy
They led a very simple life.

Definition of 'simple'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) simple
single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks

2. (adj) simple
plain; unadorned; as, simple dress

3. (adj) simple
mere; not other than; being only

4. (adj) simple
not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true

5. (adj) simple
artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward

6. (adj) simple
direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language

7. (adj) simple
weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly

8. (adj) simple
not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living

9. (adj) simple
humble; lowly; undistinguished

10. (adj) simple
without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf

11. (adj) simple
not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a

12. (adj) simple
homogenous

13. (adj) simple
consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound

14. (adj) simple
something not mixed or compounded

15. (adj) simple
a medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy

16. (adj) simple
a drawloom

17. (adj) simple
a part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom

18. (adj) simple
a feast which is not a double or a semidouble

19. (verb) simple
to gather simples, or medicinal plants

Translation of 'simple'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not difficult; easy a simple task.
Afrikaans: eenvoudig	Arabic: بَسيط	Bulgarian: прост
Brazilian: simples	Czech: lehký	German: einfach
Danish: let	Greek: απλός, εύκολος	Spanish: sencillo, fácil, simple
Estonian: lihtne	Farsi: ساده	Finnish: helppo
French: simple	Hebrew: פָּשוּט	Hindi: आसान
Croatian: lak	Hungarian: könnyű	Indonesian: mudah
Icelandic: einfaldur, auðskilinn	Italian: semplice	Japanese: 簡単な
Korean: 다우기 쉬운	Lithuanian: paprastas, lengvas	Latvian: viegls
Malay: mudah	Dutch: eenvoudig	Norwegian: enkel, lett
Polish: łatwy	Persian: ساده	Pashto: ساده، اسان: بسيط: مازې، ت
Portuguese: simples	Romanian: simplu, uşor	Russian: лёгкий
Slovak: ľahký	Slovenian: enostaven	Serbian: jednostavan
Swedish: enkel	Thai: ง่าย	Turkish: kolay, basit
Taiwanese: 簡單的	Ukrainian: простий; нескладний	Urdu: آسان
Vietnamese: đơn giản, dễ hiểu	Chinese: 简单的
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