/ˈsɪm.pəl/
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
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"Simple" means the task is easy to do.
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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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As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Linking words in English: however, although, even though, despite and therefore
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present perfect tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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