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Meaning of simple

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  simple
      adj 1: having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved;
             "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple
             design"; "a simple substance" [ant: {complex}]
      2: easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem
         in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple
         game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" [syn:
         {elementary}, {simple}, {uncomplicated}, {unproblematic}]
      3: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
         "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the
         simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" [syn:
         {bare(a)}, {mere(a)}, {simple(a)}]
      4: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike
         trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed
         wonder" [syn: {childlike}, {wide-eyed}, {round-eyed}, {dewy-
         eyed}, {simple}]
      5: lacking mental capacity and subtlety [syn: {dim-witted},
         {simple}, {simple-minded}]
      6: (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or
         subdivisions [syn: {simple}, {unsubdivided}] [ant:
         {compound}]
      7: unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black
         dress--simple to austerity"
      n 1: any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
      2: a person lacking intelligence or common sense [syn:
         {simpleton}, {simple}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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