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Phrases 110
- simple machineA device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
- simple pastA tense used to describe something that happened in the past, formed by the inflection of a single word, without any auxiliary verb such as be or have.
- pure and simplePlain and unadorned.
- fee simpleThe private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use, and transfer the property at will.
- simple interestInternet that is paid only on the principal.
- Simple Way
- simple presentThe present tense; a verb or sentence in this tense.
- Simple Plan
- plain and simpleClearly, without any doubt or complexity.
- simple majoritySynonym of plurality: The largest share of the item being counted.
- simple futureDescribing the tense which describes a future action. In English this uses forms of will, shall or be going to.
- simple groupA group which has no normal subgroups apart from the trivial group and itself.
- simple ringA ring that contains no nontrivial ideals (i.e., no (two-sided) ideals other than the zero ideal and the ring itself).
- Pretty Simple
- Simple Text
- Simple Things
- Simple Rules
- simple sentenceA sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clause.
- simple-mindedLacking subtlety or sophistication.
- future simpleThe perfective future tense.
- past simplesimple past
- present simpleSynonym of simple present: The present tense; a verb or sentence in this tense.
- simple EnglishUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, English.
- simple functionAny complex-valued measurable function whose range is finite.
- simple groupsplural of simple group: A group which has no normal subgroups apart from the trivial group and itself.
Compound words 19
- simplyIn a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.
- simplifyTo make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.
- simpletonA simple-minded person lacking common sense.
- semisimpleIn any of several technical senses, decomposable into sub-objects that have a simple structure.
- simplistOne who gathers medicinal herbs; one who simples.
- simpleheartedAlternative form of simple-hearted: sincere
- unsimpleNot simple.
- nonsimpleNot simple.
- quasisimpleBeing a perfect central extension of a simple group S.
- simplenessThe property of being simple.