American English pronunciation
How to pronounce simple
IPA transcription: ['sɪmpəl]
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Noun
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any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
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a person lacking intelligence or common sense
Adjective
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having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
“a simple problem”
“simple mechanisms”
“a simple design”
“a simple substance”
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(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
Adjective
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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”
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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”
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exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
“childlike trust”
“dewy-eyed innocence”
“listened in round-eyed wonder”
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lacking mental capacity and subtlety
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unornamented
“a simple country schoolhouse”
“her black dress--simple to austerity”
Usage examples
- The Classics are simple and small handsets.
- It was harassment, pure and simple.
- I wish it were as simple as that.
- And yet it is quite simple.
- The people of Spruce Valley built quite simple homes on narrow streets.
- "Da capo" arias are usually in simple ternary form.
- His manner was simple and unobtrusive, his language always quite familiar.
- In other words, any simple algebra is a central simple algebra over its center.
- A simple proposition is an elementary statement such as it is day.
- He described the flag as simple and inoffensive.