Kilo Lingo

simple

/ˈsɪm.pəl/

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Translation

Easy to do or understand; not hard and not having many parts.

Word origin

From Old French simple, meaning plain or uncomplicated, from Latin simplus.

Origin
Old French
Root
simple

Examples

task.

"Simple" means the task is easy to do.

.

Here "simple" means the answer was easy to understand.

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Here "simple" means the meal was plain and not made of many parts.

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This word is part of lesson 15.