Definition: 1. Easy and not involved or complicated. 2. Not complicated; easy to understand or do. 3. Basic or plain without anything extra or unnecessary.
Use 'simple' in a sentence:
1. She's ready to learn simple addition and subtraction.
2. Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition.
3. He's not mad—just a little simple.
4. This machine is very simple to use.
5. The problem and the answer are very simple.
6. It's laziness, pure and simple.
7. A simple error of judgement meant that there was not enough food to go around.
8. The poem uses simple language.
9. The book is simple homespun philosophy.
10. It's nothing to worry about ─ just a simple headache.
11. It was a simple but pleasing design.
12. Many pictures have been based on simple geometric designs.
13. The storyline is deceptively simple.
14. The interior is starkly simple.
15. He ate a simple dinner of rice and beans.
16. They mourn the passing of a simpler way of life.
17. It wasn't quite as simple as I thought it would be.
18. They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances.
19. The equation is simple: research breeds new products.
20. There is no simple remedy for unemployment.
21. He's not mad ─ just a little simple.
22. She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair.
23. The principle behind it is very simple.
24. Making a complaint is quite a simple procedure.
25. She makes a simple story resonate with complex themes and emotions.
26. The formula in Hollywood is simple – money talks.
27. Such an explanation seems too simple, and too obvious.
28. The summer house was a simple wooden construction.
29. The simple truth is that we just can't afford it.
30. He has trouble following simple instructions.
31. The answer is really quite simple.
32. I'm a simple country girl.
33. I need a simple yes or no to my questions.
34. It should have been a simple matter to check.
35. It was a matter of simple survival.
36. It was a rip-off, plain and simple.
37. The interior of the church was plain and simple.
38. She wore a simple band of gold on her finger.
39. My cooking is of the 'quick and simple' variety.
40. Here's a dish that is simple and quick to make.
41. The best discoveries in science are very simple.
42. Getting a visa isn't as simple as you might suppose.
43. There's no simple solution to this problem.
44. Putting the bookcase together should be a simple assembly job.
45. Sylvie was a simple-minded romantic.
46. The exercises are so simple that almost anyone can do them.
47. Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.
48. In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them.
49. He arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction.
50. They found contentment in living a simple life.
