simple
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
#731 of 5,000 Core 1000
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.
.
Here "simple" means the meal was plain and not made of many parts.
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