Толковый словарь английского языка - simple
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) see: same Date: 13th century free from guile ; innocent , 2. free from vanity ; modest , free from ostentation or display , of humble origin or modest position , 4. lacking in knowledge or expertise , b. stupid , mentally retarded, not socially or culturally sophisticated ; naive , 5. sheer , unmixed , free of secondary complications , c. having only one main clause and no subordinate clauses , having no modifiers, complements, or objects, constituting a basic element ; fundamental , not made up of many like units , free from elaboration or figuration , 7. a. not subdivided into branches or leaflets , consisting of a single carpel, developing from a single ovary , controlled by a single gene , not limited or restricted ; unconditional , readily understood or performed , specifying exact values for one or more statistical parameters, ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ see: easy II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a person of humble birth ; commoner , b. a rude or credulous person ; ignoramus , a mentally retarded person, 2. a medicinal plant, a vegetable drug having only one ingredient, one component of a complex
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty (a simple explanation; a simple task). 2 not complicated or elaborate; without luxury or sophistication. 3 not compound; consisting of or involving only one element or operation etc. 4 absolute, unqualified, straightforward (the simple truth; a simple majority). 5 foolish or ignorant; gullible, feeble-minded (am not so simple as to agree to that). 6 plain in appearance or manner; unsophisticated, ingenuous, artless. 7 of low rank; humble, insignificant (simple people). 8 Bot. a consisting of one part. b (of fruit) formed from one pistil. --n. archaic 1 a herb used medicinally. 2 a medicine made from it. Phrases and idioms simple eye an eye of an insect, having only one lens. simple fracture a fracture of the bone only, without a skin wound. simple harmonic motion see HARMONIC. simple interest interest payable on a capital sum only (cf. compound interest (see COMPOUND)). simple interval Mus. an interval of one octave or less. simple machine any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force (e.g. an inclined plane, wedge, or lever). simple sentence a sentence with a single subject and predicate. Simple Simon a foolish person (from the nursery-rhyme character). simple time Mus. a time with two, three, or four beats in a bar. Derivatives simpleness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L simplus ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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