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Meaning of "oversimple" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERSIMPLE

oversimple  [ˌəʊvəˈsɪmpəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERSIMPLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oversimple is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERSIMPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of oversimple in the English dictionary

The definition of oversimple in the dictionary is excessively simple.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERSIMPLE


ample
ˈæmpəl
bedimple
bɪˈdɪmpəl
counterexample
ˈkaʊntərɪɡˌzɑːmpəl
crimple
ˈkrɪmpəl
crumple
ˈkrʌmpəl
dimple
ˈdɪmpəl
example
ɪɡˈzɑːmpəl
hippocampal
ˌhɪpəˈkæmpəl
pimple
ˈpɪmpəl
resample
riːˈsɑːmpəl
rimple
ˈrɪmpəl
sample
ˈsɑːmpəl
semple
ˈsempəl
simple
ˈsɪmpəl
stemple
ˈstɛmpəl
subsample
ˈsʌbˌsɑːmpəl
temple
ˈtɛmpəl
trample
ˈtræmpəl
ultrasimple
ˌʌltrəˈsɪmpəl
wimple
ˈwɪmpəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERSIMPLE

oversharp
overshine
overshirt
overshoe
overshoot
overshot
overshower
oversick
overside
oversight
oversimplification
oversimplified
oversimplifies
oversimplify
oversimplistic
oversimply
oversize
oversize(d)
oversized
overskip

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERSIMPLE

A-sample
B-sample
biased sample
blood sample
cample
dumple
ensample
fee simple
for example
free sample
frumple
Inner Temple
matched sample
Middle Temple
random sample
rumple
scrumple
stratified sample
uncrumple

Synonyms and antonyms of oversimple in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oversimple» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERSIMPLE

Find out the translation of oversimple to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oversimple from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oversimple» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

oversimple
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oversimple
570 millions of speakers

English

oversimple
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

oversimple
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

oversimple
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

oversimple
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oversimple
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

oversimple
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

simpliste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oversimple
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

oversimple
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

oversimple
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

oversimple
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

oversimple
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरसिम्पल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oversimple
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

semplicistica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oversimple
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

oversimple
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oversimple
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

oversimple
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oversimple
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oversimple
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oversimple
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oversimple

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSIMPLE»

The term «oversimple» is used very little and occupies the 185.267 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSIMPLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oversimple» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oversimple» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oversimple

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSIMPLE»

Discover the use of oversimple in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oversimple and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature
literary work of recent years has done an enormous amount to make readers more precisely and firmly aware of subtleties of literary structure and intertextual reference. But the failure of what was oversimple in the ancient project, and in some ...
Martha C. Nussbaum, 1992
2
Shame and Glory of the Intellectuals: Babbitt Jr. Vs. the ...
By now, these enemies of our country have been unmasked, and the sound voice of the working people will no longer be stifled.1 However, it is absurdly oversimple to single out the anti-Semitic aspect of communazism, important though it is.
Peter Viereck, 1965
3
Failure to Hold: The Politics of School Violence
It is a mistake to believe in "oversimple motivations" and the point of this book is to outline all the oversimple motives attributed to school shooters throughout the 1997-1999 school years and attempt to corner the common element that ...
Julie A. Webber, 2003
4
Sex and Social Justice
Victims and Agents These days we commonly hear an oversimple contrast between two types of feminism. One, the story goes, urges women to see themselves as victims, powerless to change their situation, and to blame men for putting them ...
Martha C. Nussbaum Ernst Freund Professor of Law and Ethics University of Chicago, 1998
5
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable ways in which a community survives.
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, 2009
6
Moral Memoranda from John Howard Yoder: Conversations on ...
The way your America passage characterized [implied at most that] my criticism was not false but was oversimple, thus making room for Dick's oversimple response. (January 6, 1997) With a sense that four such theologians are looking over ...
Thomas L. Shaffer, 2002
7
Sediments of Time: Environment and Society in Chinese History
... 772; development (kaibulsu) seen as positive, 773; disasters caused by ruler's bad conduct, 773; divine spirit in nature, 772; farming/mining symbiosis, 777; human/nature harmony, an oversimple formula, 772, 779; human/nature reciprocity, ...
Mark Elvin, Cuirong Liu, 1998
8
Understanding Group Behavior: Volume 1: Consensual Action By ...
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The history of research on group processes has been repeatedly characterized by investigators posing oversimple questions. Examples include such questions as “Do individuals perform better or worse in ...
Erich H. Witte, James H. Davis, 2014
9
Linguistic Choice across Genres: Variation in spoken and ...
In both approaches, there is a move away from relying solely on the usual oversimple but appealing view of meanings as unfolding linearly through the text in parallel with wordings as shown in Fig. 1. wording l —> wording 2 —> wording 3 ...
Antonia Sánchez-Macarro, Ronald Carter, 1998
10
Sex and Social Justice
The presence of such oversimple categories also leads to misperceptions in the opposite direction: Any woman who likes men and who emphasizes the resourcefulness of women under difficult conditions is assumed by believers in these ...
Martha C. Nussbaum, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSIMPLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oversimple is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sanctuary at Capital Fringe
But such familiar and oversimple platitudes do not, in themselves, a powerful theatre piece make. Click for tickets to Sanctuary at Capital Fringe. «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
2
Cynthia Weil's 'Glad' a tale of music and history
It can feel hokey and oversimple. Still, the winged eyeliner and soulful songs are as hot today as they were 50 years ago. And because Weil is ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
3
Opinion: Konami Undervalues Personality-Driven Game Direction
It would be oversimple to say that Konami isn't interested in making games. While it has diversified its portfolio to a much greater extent than ... «Shacknews, Apr 15»
4
The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs the Masters of the Universe by …
This is a crusading book, but an oversimple one. 'Up for sale' … farmers in Mexico City take part in a rally against the North American Free ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
5
A Health-Tracking App Analysed My Blood And Told Me I'm 31 …
A Health-Tracking App Analysed My Blood and Told Me I'm 31 Going. It sounds oversimple. And it is. Predicting life expectancy is a fraught task ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jan 15»
6
Selling Beauty Short
I understand that colloquial use often reduces beauty to simple (or oversimple) prettiness. But 'beauty,' unlike 'sexy' is a rich enough word that I ... «Patheos, Jun 14»
7
Libertarians' reality problem: How an estrangement from history …
(This is somewhat oversimple; Nozick also discusses two other forms of justice — “justice in rectification” and “justice in holdings” — but we can ... «Salon, May 14»
8
The Cosmic City
In fact it is impossible under the present educational conditions of urbanists and architects (a conservative, oversimple education) for these ... «Brooklyn Rail, May 14»
9
In Francis' First Year, A 'Radical Pope' Seeks To Save His Church
I think that's really oversimple. Basic matters of human life are quite alike. There are plenty of gay people throughout the developing world. «KCUR, Dec 13»
10
The Techno-Utopian Plan to End Traffic Jams
Suddenly a little geolocation app seems oversimple even, but it's a start. Topics: future transportation, traffic, smart cars · Comment Share. «Motherboard, Nov 13»

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