to cook gently in water that is almost boiling Simmer the vegetables for ten minutes.
sim .ple © / simpl / adjective ( sim . pler , sim . plest )
easy to do or understand
This dictionary is written in simple English. "How do you open this?" "I'll show you — it's simple."
—ANTONYM difficult
without a lot of different parts or extra things She wore a simple black dress.
a simple meal
-SYNONYM plain
sim • plic • i • ty / sim' plisati / noun [ noncount ] the quality of being simple I like the simplicity of these paintings.
sim • pli • fy / ' simplafai / verb ( sim . pli . fies , sim pli fy . ing , sim . pli . fied , has sim pli . fied )
to make something easier to do or understand
The story has been simplified so that the children can
understand it.
sim • ply / ' simpli / adverb
a word that you use when you want to show how easy or basic something is
Simply add water and stir. — SYNONYM just
in a simple way
Please explain it more simply.
really
The weather was simply terrible — it rained every day!
sim • u • late AWL / ' simyaleit / verb ( sim . u . lates , sim . u . lat . ing , sim . u . lat . ed )
to create the effect or appearance of something else
The astronauts trained in a machine that simulates
conditions in space.
sim • u • la • tion AWL / simya 'leijn / noun
[ count, noncount ]
a computer simulation of a nuclear attack
si • mul • ta • ne • ous / rsaiml.'teinias /
adjective
happening at exactly the same time
The city was hit by three simultaneous explosions.
si • mul • ta • ne • ous • ly / isaimb teiniasli / adverb "I'm sorry!" they said simultaneously.
sin / sin / noun [ count, noncount ]
( RELIGION ) something that your religion says you should not do, because it is very bad Stealing is a sin.
sin verb ( sins , sin . ning , sinned )
He knew that he had sinned.
since О/ sins / adverb, preposition, conjunction
1 from a time in the past until a later time in the past or until now
He's been sick since Sunday. I haven't seen him since 2007. She's lived here since she was a child. George went to Alaska in 1994 and has lived there ever since (= in all the time from then until now ) . Andy left three years ago and we haven't seen him since. Which word? For or since? We use for to say how long something has continued, for example in hours , days , or years : She's been sick for three days. ♦ I've lived in this house for ten months. ♦ We have been married for ten years.
We use since with points of time in the past, for example a time on the clock, a date , or an event : I've been here since six o'clock. ♦ She has been alone since her husband died. ♦ We've been married since 1996.
because
Since it's your birthday, I'll buy you a coffee. —SYNONYM as
at a time after another time in the past
They got married five years ago and have since had three children.
sin • cere / sin ' sir / adjective
being honest and meaning what you say
Were you being sincere when you said that you loved me?
—ANTONYM insincere
sin • cere • ly / sin ' sirli / adverb
1 in a sincere way
am sincerely grateful to you.
