Simple
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We say something is simple when it is very easy to understand or do. The opposite is hard or difficult.
- 2+2 is a very simple sum (an easy sum).
- Boiling an egg is very simple (very easy).
Simple can mean something that is only made up of a few parts, i.e. not complicated:
- A bicycle is much simpler than a space ship.
Simple can mean that something or someone is humble (lowly) or common:
- He lives very simply.
"Simple living" is a way of life that takes the ideas of Henry David Thoreau or Epicurius or Diogenes as its ideals (moral goals), saying that you need only few and simple things to be happy.
A Simpleton is a person who is stupid and understands only very simple things. In this sense, the word can also be used offensively: "he is simple" is almost as strong as saying "he is stupid".
