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/ˈsɪmpəl//ˈsɪmpəl/
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Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables2

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

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  • Simple pronunciation
noun

1. A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

2. (by extension) A physician.

3. A simple or atomic proposition.

4. Something not mixed or compounded.

5. A drawloom.

6. Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

7. A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

verb

1. To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

adjective

1. Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

2. Without ornamentation; plain.

3. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

4. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

Antonyms: gentle

5. Trivial; insignificant.

6. Feeble-minded; foolish.

7. (heading) Structurally uncomplicated.

8. Mere; not other than; being only.

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