📖 S — The English dictionary · page 48

simmer — Everyday, meaning 1: To cook something gently in liquid just below boiling, with small bubbles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a feeling) To stay strong under the surface without bursting out: anger simmering.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: "Simmer down" (informal) means calm down.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) The state of gently bubbling.↗ e.g. "Bring to a simmer."↗ Example: Let the soup simmer for twenty minutes.↗ · Bring the water to a simmer, then add the pasta.↗ · The tension between the two teams simmered all match.↗ · "Simmer down, everyone!" said the teacher.↗ · Her anger simmered as she waited.↗ · The sauce simmered on the stove.↗

simmering — Everyday, meaning 1: Cooking gently in liquid that is just below boiling, with small bubbles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of feelings) Growing slowly inside someone without fully showing yet, like anger or excitement.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of a problem or argument) Continuing quietly and likely to grow worse.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «Simmering down» — becoming calmer after being angry or excited.↗ Example: The soup is simmering on the stove.↗ · Let the sauce keep simmering for ten minutes.↗ · She was simmering with anger but said nothing.↗ · There were simmering tensions between the two teams.↗ · "Simmer down!" said the teacher when we got too loud.↗ · Leave the pan simmering, not boiling hard.↗ · The simmering argument finally boiled over at lunch.↗

simple — Everyday, meaning 1: Simple means easy to understand or do, not complicated.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Simple means plain, without decoration or extra things.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Simple can mean basic and made of few parts.↗ Example: The instructions were simple to follow.↗ · This is a simple sum: 2 + 3.↗ · She wore a simple white dress.↗ · A lever is a simple machine.↗ · Write a simple sentence with one verb.↗ · The simplest answer is often the right one.↗ · Simplify the fraction 6/9 to 2/3.↗ · But Mowgli’s plan was simple enough.↗ · Three mothers, seven doubles and twelve simples.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In this case we have the simple form AL, EL.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Of these letters, three are mothers, seven are double, and twelve are simple.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.↗ (Writings PSA.116.6, JPS 1917)↗ · The opening of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.↗ (Writings PSA.119.130, JPS 1917)↗ · To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion; (Writings PRO.1.4, JPS 1917)↗

simplex — Everyday, meaning 1: (technical) Simple, made of one part; not compound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (communication) A simplex link sends messages in only one direction, like a radio broadcast (unlike duplex, which goes both ways).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) A simplex is the simplest shape in any number of dimensions: a point, a line segment, a triangle, a tetrahedron.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (medicine) In "herpes simplex", the name of the virus that causes cold sores.↗ Example: A triangle is a simplex in two dimensions.↗ · A TV broadcast is simplex: it only goes one way.↗ · Cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus.↗ · A tetrahedron is a three-dimensional simplex.↗ · Walkie-talkies are half-duplex, not simplex.↗ · The simplex method helps factories plan their work.↗

simplicity — Everyday, meaning 1: Being simple and easy to understand or do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being plain, without decoration or extras.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An honest, plain way of living or thinking.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Simplicity can also mean being too trusting and easy to fool.↗ Example: The simplicity of the game made it great for little children.↗ · I love the simplicity of a plain white room.↗ · For simplicity, round the numbers to the nearest ten.↗ · The beauty of the answer was its simplicity.↗ · They enjoyed the simplicity of life on the farm.↗ · The instructions were written with great simplicity.↗ · Perceiving their simplicity, he cast down a huge log into the lake.↗ · In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'↗ (Torah GEN.20.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me.↗ (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not any thing.↗ (Prophets 2SA.15.11, JPS 1917)↗

simplification — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of making something simpler or easier to understand or do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An explanation or version that leaves out details to be easier, sometimes so much that it is no longer quite right.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) Making an expression or fraction simpler, like turning 4/8 into 1/2.↗ Example: Simplification of 6/9 gives 2/3.↗ · Saying the Earth is a perfect ball is a simplification.↗ · The new rules are a simplification of the old ones.↗ · That's an oversimplification — the war had many causes.↗ · Simplification of 2x + 3x gives 5x.↗ · The teacher made a simplification so younger children could follow.↗ · Simplification of the instructions made the game easier to learn.↗

simplify — Everyday, meaning 1: To simplify something is to make it simpler or easier to understand or do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) To simplify a fraction is to write it with smaller numbers that mean the same amount, by dividing the top and bottom by the same number.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) To simplify an expression is to write it in a shorter way, for example by collecting like terms.↗ Example: Can you simplify the instructions for the little ones?↗ · Simplify 10/15 by dividing both numbers by 5 to get 2/3.↗ · Simplify 3x + 4x to get 7x.↗ · The new app simplifies homework by putting it all in one place.↗ · We simplified the game so everyone could play.↗ · Always simplify your answer fully.↗ · The teacher simplified the story for the younger class.↗

simply — Everyday, meaning 1: Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Simply means only or just: it is simply a game.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Simply means really or completely: the view was simply beautiful.↗ Example: Simply add the two numbers.↗ · She simply gave away the rest.↗ · The answer is simply 12.↗ · He simply doubled the recipe.↗ · The teacher explained it simply, so everyone understood.↗ · The fireworks were simply amazing!↗ · They lived simply, without a car or TV.↗ · I simply cannot wait to embrace you!↗ · Misery, or an evil end, or simply evil, ROH.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Happiness y or a good end, or simply g(H>dj TUBH.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

simulated — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Made to look or feel real, but not real; imitation: simulated leather, a simulated fire drill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective, science/computing) Created by a computer model to show what would happen in real life.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, past) Pretended: «She simulated surprise».↗ Example: Pilots train in a simulated cockpit before flying a real plane.↗ · The firefighters ran a simulated rescue at our school.↗ · The bag is made of simulated leather.↗ · We watched a simulated volcano on the computer.↗ · The game uses simulated weather that changes every day.↗ · She simulated surprise when she saw the cake, but she already knew.↗ · The simulated spacewalk took place in a big pool.↗

simulation — Everyday, meaning 1: A simulation is a copy of a real situation, made on a computer or with models, so that people can study it or practise safely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A simulation can also be a pretend version of something, like a fire drill or a flight simulator.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Simulation can mean pretending, putting on a false show: a simulation of interest.↗ Example: We used a computer simulation to see how the planets orbit the Sun.↗ · Pilots practise emergencies in a flight simulator.↗ · The fire drill is a simulation of a real fire.↗ · The simulation rolled a dice a thousand times.↗ · Scientists run simulations to predict the weather.↗ · My brother plays a farming simulation game.↗

simulator — Everyday, meaning 1: A machine or computer program that copies real conditions so people can practise or test something safely, for example a flight simulator.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A computer game that copies a real activity: a farm simulator, a driving simulator.↗ Example: Pilots practise emergencies in a flight simulator.↗ · The science museum has an earthquake simulator.↗ · My brother plays a farming simulator on his tablet.↗ · Learner drivers can use a driving simulator.↗ · Astronauts trained in a simulator before going into space.↗ · The simulator shook and tilted like a real plane.↗

simultaneous — Everyday, meaning 1: Happening or done at exactly the same time: simultaneous explosions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) «Simultaneous equations» are two or more equations that must be true at the same time, solved together.↗ Example: There were two simultaneous goals in different games.↗ · Solve the simultaneous equations a + b = 9 and a − b = 1.↗ · The twins gave a simultaneous shout.↗ · Simultaneous translation lets people hear speeches in their own language.↗ · The lights switched on in a simultaneous flash.↗ · Can you pat your head and rub your tummy simultaneously?↗

simultaneously — Everyday, meaning 1: At exactly the same time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) «Solve simultaneously»: find values that make two or more equations true together.↗ Example: The two runners crossed the line simultaneously.↗ · Two taps fill the bath simultaneously.↗ · Don't all talk simultaneously!↗ · The lights went on simultaneously in every room.↗ · She can pat her head and rub her tummy simultaneously.↗ · Solve the two equations simultaneously.↗ · Both trains left the station simultaneously.↗ · “What would Peter do?” they cried simultaneously.↗

sin — Everyday, meaning 1: In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Something that seems very wrong or a shame.↗ e.g. It's a sin to waste good food.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths abbreviation) sin = sine, a function in trigonometry used with angles in triangles.↗ Example: Many religions teach that stealing is a sin.↗ · It's a sin to throw away that cake!↗ · He asked to be forgiven for his sins.↗ · Press the sin button on the calculator to find the sine of 30 degrees.↗ · In the story, greed was his worst sin.↗ · Wasting a sunny day indoors would be a sin.↗ · "I will confess all my sins first.↗ · one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917)↗ · and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.↗ (Torah NUM.28.22, JPS 1917)↗ · and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; (Torah NUM.29.5, JPS 1917)↗ · How many are mine iniquities and sins?↗ (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Make me to know my transgression and my sin.↗ (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him?↗ (Writings JOB.35.6, JPS 1917)↗

sincere — Everyday, meaning 1: Honest and true; meaning what you say or feel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Real, not pretend: «a sincere apology».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Yours sincerely (UK) A polite ending of a formal letter.↗ Example: Please accept my sincere apology.↗ · Her thanks were warm and sincere.↗ · He is a sincere friend who never lies.↗ · We send our sincere thanks to the volunteers.↗ · Yours sincerely, Amy Brown.↗ · The card had a sincere message.↗ · The Stag, congratulating himself on his safety, began to express his sincere thanks to the Oxen who had kindly helped him in the hour of need.↗ · The men of blood hate him that is sincere; and as for the upright, they seek his life.↗ (Writings PRO.29.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.↗ (Writings PRO.11.5, JPS 1917)↗

sincerely — Everyday, meaning 1: Sincerely means honestly and truly, meaning what you say, as in «I sincerely hope you feel better».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Yours sincerely» (UK, Ireland, Australia) or «Sincerely» (US, Canada) is a polite way to end a formal letter or email, before your name.↗ Example: I sincerely hope you enjoy the party.↗ · Yours sincerely, Amy Brown.↗ · He sincerely apologised for breaking the window.↗ · We sincerely thank everyone who helped clear the park.↗ · She said sorry sincerely, so I forgave her.↗ · Sincerely, Jordan (at the end of a US letter).↗ · The little flower could very well see that they were ill at ease, and pitied them sincerely.↗ · My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart; and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.↗ (Writings JOB.33.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.↗ (Writings SNG.1.4, JPS 1917)↗

sincerity — Everyday, meaning 1: Being honest and meaning what you say or feel; not pretending.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Real and true feeling shown in words or actions.↗ Example: I could hear the sincerity in her apology.↗ · He spoke with such sincerity that everyone believed him.↗ · In all sincerity, I think you did brilliantly.↗ · Some people doubted the politician's sincerity.↗ · A thank-you card is nicer when it is written with sincerity.↗ · Her sincerity made her a good friend.↗ · Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.↗ · For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.↗ (Writings PSA.5.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.↗ (Prophets JOS.24.14, JPS 1917)↗