simple
Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing addedUncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
» It is written in simple English.
Es ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben.
Er ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben.
Sie ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben.
Це пишеться простою англійською.
Meaning
20 sensesUncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
Easy; not difficult.
easy and not involved or complicated
Without ornamentation; plain.
Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
einfach, simpel
просто́йprostój, простоду́шныйprostodúšnyj
Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
(colloquial, euphemistic)Feeble-minded; foolish.
Structurally uncomplicated.
Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
Being non-trivial, and admitting no proper non-trivial quotients.
(broadly)Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
(broadly)Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
(broadly)Being non-zero, and having no proper non-zero two-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient rings). For commutative rings, this definition coincides with that of a field.
(broadly, universal)Containing more than one element, and such that the only congruences on the structure are the diagonal relation (the equivalence relation a≡b⟺a=b) and the universal relation (the equivalence relation such that a≡b for all a,b). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial quotient algebras.
(broadly)Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its only quotient objects (up to isomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
Examples
1168 sentencesIt is written in simple English.
Це пишеться простою англійською.
deEs ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben.
I don't think it's that simple.
Не думаю, що це так просто.
ruЯ не думаю, что это так просто.
deSo einfach ist das, denke ich, nicht.
There is no simple road to success.
Немає простого шляху до успіху.
ruК успеху нет простой дороги.
I never said it would be simple.
Я ніколи й не казав, що буде легко.
ruА я и не говорил, что будет легко.
Why don't you ever ask simple questions?
Чому ти ніколи не ставиш простих запитань?
ruПочему ты никогда не задаёшь простых вопросов?
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”Inherited from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple”, literally “onefold”) (as opposed to duplex (“double”, literally “twofold”)), from semel (“the same”) + plicō (“to fold”). See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc. Partially displaced native English onefold.
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Forms
simpler/more simple, simplest/most simple| Comparative | simpler / more simple Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | simplest / most simple Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
344 synonyms- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions:unsubdivided
- easy and not involved or complicated:elementaryuncomplicatedunproblematic
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety:dim-wittedsimple-minded
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications:baremere
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity:childlikewide-eyedround-eyeddewy-eyed
Antonyms
142 antonymsWord family
59 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- as simple as
- is very simple
- quite simple
- simple solution
- a very simple
- keep things simple
- simple question
- be that simple
- not as simple
- a simple solution
- simple as that
- written in simple