# simples

Pronunciation: US/UK say "SIM-puhlz" /ˈsɪm.pəlz/; AUS say "SIM-pulz"

## Noun

1. Plural of simple. — plural of simple
   - Simple: Plural of simple. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _The apothecary's shelves were lined with simples for every common ailment._
   - _Village women gathered simples from the meadows each summer._

## Interjection

2. Used to declare, often jokingly, that something is easy to do or understand. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: A fun way to say that something is very easy to do.
   - _Cancel the old plan, sign up for the new one, and you save a fortune. Simples!_
   - _Flip the switch, wait ten seconds, and the machine resets itself. Simples!_

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of simple. Archaic. *(archaic)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of simple
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of simple, used with he, she, it, or a singular noun. This verb is archaic.

## Origin

From "simple." As an interjection, "Simples!" was a humorous alteration of "Simple!" popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for the price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/simples (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).