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simple
Adjective
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A simple task is easy to do and easy to understand.
Baking this cake is very simple as it only has 3 steps.
It's a simple book for learners to read and understand.
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Something that is simple is basic and not complicated.
She was poor and only had a simple dress.
Their plan was very simple.
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A simple person is not intelligent (we sometimes use this in a bad way)
He isn't a bad boy, he's just a little simple.
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In grammar, the simple aspect is used when the speaker sees the situation as complete (compare progressive aspect).
"I run" is the present simple; "I'm running" is the present progressive.
simple
Noun
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A simple is a medicine that is prepared only from one plant.
cycle
Noun
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A cycle is a number of regular things that happen again and again.
Right now we are in an upward-moving part of the business cycle.
Although women's monthly cycles vary in length from person to person, the average length is about 28 days.
Most car engines have a 4-part cycle.
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A cycle is a short way of saying bicycle or motorcycle.
cycle
Verb
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If you cycle somewhere, you go there by bicycle or motorcycle.
The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road.
It took me less than 7 minutes to cycle the whole trail.
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If you cycle a machine, you run it through one cycle.
The test will cycle the computer through ten start ups.
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News and current affairs
But it is easier because once those constraints are appropriately targeted, relatively simple policy changes can yield enormous economic payoffs and start a virtuous cycle of growth and institutional reform.