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Moral reasoning | ethics, psychology, philosophy | Moral reasoning is a topic studied in psychology and in moral philosophy. It studies how people think about moral issues, problems, and questions. Psychologists who have studied it include Lawrence Kohlberg and Elliot Turiel. Kohlberg said that moral understanding develops in three main stages as a person gets older, b... | simple-english |
Mosque | Mosques | A mosque is a place where Muslims worship. The word mosque comes from the Arabic word masjid. A larger, 'collective', mosque is called a masjid jāmi. Larger mosques offer more services to their community. For many Muslim people, a mosque is more than a place of worship. Muslims worship, study and discuss Islam, and do... | simple-english |
Mammal | Mammals, Vertebrates, Tetrapods, Animals | Mammals are in the class Mammalia. They are a group of vertebrate animals. They have fur or hair and very precise temperature regulation. With the exception of the monotremes, all mammals bear live young. Unlike other vertebrates, they are the only animals that produce milk for their young through their mammary gland... | simple-english |
Number | Basic English 850 words, Numbers, Abstraction | A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label: People use symbols to represent numbers; they call them numerals. Common places where numerals are used are for labeling, as in telephone numbers, for ordering, as in serial numbers, or to put a unique identifier, as in an ISBN, a unique number that c... | simple-english |
Numeral | #REDIRECT Numeral system | simple-english |
November | Months | November (Nov.) is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between October and December. It has 30 days. Its name is from the Latin word novem, which means "nine". It was the ninth month of the year before January and February were added to the Roman Calendar. November always begins on the same... | simple-english |
National anthem | National anthems | A national anthem is a country's national song; the people of a nation sing their national anthem to remember and respect their country. By the 18th century, most countries had a national anthem and new countries chose a national anthem when they became independent. Some monarchies have a royal anthem for their monarch... | simple-english |
Name | Basic English 850 words, Names | A name is a word (or a set of words) given to things and people. For example, cat is the name of a kind of animal. "Aarav" , "Adhrit" are names of a person, usually a male. "Ananya" is a common female name. The word 'name' can also be used as a verb. To name something is to give it a name. In many cultures, there are ... | simple-english |
Niʻihau | Islands of Hawaii, Kauai County, Hawaii | Niihau (sometimes spelled Niihau) is the smallest of the inhabited islands of Hawaii, in the United States. It has a land area of 70 sq. miles (184 km2). It is the oldest of the eight main islands. The whole island is owned by the Robinson family. They bought it from the Kingdom of Hawaii for $10,000. It was said that ... | simple-english |
Nēnē | Geese, Birds of Oceania | The Nēnē, or Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis) is a species of goose. It is found today on only three Hawaiian islands. It gets its name from its soft call. This is an unmistakable species, with its generally brown plumage (feathers) and darker head. Its strong toes have much reduced webbing (skin between the toes),... | simple-english |
Network | Network might refer to: Virtual private network Contact network, a disambiguation page | simple-english |
Non-profit | #REDIRECT Nonprofit organization | simple-english |
Fishing net | Basic English 850 words, Fishing, Tools | A fishing net is a woven trap usually used to catch fish. They are usually made out of rope. A net is a kind of tool. Fishing nets are one of the oldest ways of catching fish. They can be made with all kinds of fabric like nylon, cotton, grass, flax, and tree fibers. The oldest known fish nets dates back to 8500 BC in ... | simple-english |
Internet slang | Internet slang | Internet slang is slang words which are used on the internet. Most of these words are new, such as Wiki and blog, which were not used before the internet became popular. Some old words were given new meanings, such as mail (which now means email). This makes many metaphors on the Internet, such as boot (which otherwis... | simple-english |
NGO | #redirect non-governmental organization | simple-english |
Nauru | Commonwealth member states, Nauru, English-speaking countries | Nauru, ( ) is a island nation in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Kiribati, east. Nauru is the smallest island nation, covering just , the smallest republic, and the only republican state without a capital. With 10,670 residents, it is the third least-populated country after Vatican City and Tuvalu. Nauru i... | simple-english |
Noun | Parts of speech | Noun, is a naming word forExamplesa personProper Nouns: Ananya, Pranav,A Adhrit,Aarav,Archana etc.Common Nouns: president, mother, father, man, woman, boy, girla placeProper Nouns: Disneyland, America, Stonehenge, ItalyCommon Nouns: kitchen, castle, yard, garden, citya thingProper Nouns: Hamlet (a play) Common Nouns: t... | simple-english |
Nature | Nature, Bionics | The words nature and natural are used for all the things that are normally not made by humans. The word comes from the Latin natura meaning "birth". Nature includes many things like weather, organisms, landforms, celestial bodies. Scientists study the way the parts of nature work. Things that have been made by people a... | simple-english |
NPO | #REDIRECT Nonprofit organization | simple-english |
Natural resource | Natural resources, Economics, Factors of production | A natural resource is what people can use from the natural environment. Examples of natural resources are air, water, wood, fossil fuels, wind energy, ores, and food. The dividing line between natural resources and man-made resources is not clear-cut. Hydro-electric energy is not a natural resource because people use t... | simple-english |
Negentropy | Thermodynamics | Negentropy is reverse entropy. It means things becoming more in order. Here 'order' means organisation, structure and function: the opposite of randomness or chaos. One example of negentropy is a star system such as the Solar System. Another example is life. As a general rule, everything in the universe tends towards e... | simple-english |
Negentropic | #REDIRECT negentropy | simple-english |
North America | North America, Laurasia | North America is a large continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres of Earth. It is to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and it is the northern part of the Americas. The southernmost part is Central America. It is the third largest continent in the worl... | simple-english |
Neptune | Neptune | Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is an ice giant. It is the fourth-largest planet in the system. Neptune's mass is 17 times Earth's mass and a little bit more than Uranus' mass. Neptune is denser and smaller than Uranus. Because of its greater mass, Neptune's gravity makes ... | simple-english |
Negative | Something negative can be something bad. A negative number is a number that is less than zero. 5 - 8 = -3. Some people also use negative the same way as "no", or other related words. "Not", "Never", "Nowhere" etc. are all negative words. On two-way radios the word "negative" is used instead of "no" to be clearer. In fi... | simple-english |
Now | Basic English 850 words | Now is the time span between the past and the future. It can be long (like an eon in geologic time) or short (like a picosecond) but it is almost always used to refer to the span between the present instant to some time horizon when a decision must be made. It can be used to ask or demand that someone make a decision e... | simple-english |
New York City | 1620s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies, 1624 establishments, 17th-century establishments in New York, Former capitals of the United States, New York City | New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, and the largest city in the United States. It is at the southern end of the U.S. state of New York. Over 8 million people currently live in the city, and over 22 million people live in the bigger New York metropolitan a... | simple-english |
Nonsense | #REDIRECT word salad | simple-english |
October | Months | October (Oct.) is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between September and November. It has 31 days. The name comes from the Latin octo for "eight". It was the eighth month of the year before January and February were added to the beginning of the year. October begins on the same day of the w... | simple-english |
Of | Basic English 850 words | Of is a preposition used in the English language to show a possessive relationship. For example, the phrase "book of maps" means that the book has maps. The phrase "father of Mike" means the father belongs to Mike. | simple-english |
1 (number) | Integers, Square numbers | One (1) is the first natural number, followed by two, then followed by three. The Roman numeral for one is I. In mathematics, the number one is the multiplicative identity. It is also the only number for which these special facts are true: Any number n multiplied by one equals that number: n \times 1 = n. For example, ... | simple-english |
O Canada | 1880s songs, North American anthems, National symbols of Canada, Canadian music | "O Canada" () is the national anthem of Canada. Calixa Lavallée wrote the music, and Adolphe-Basile Routhier wrote the words in French. It was first sung in French in 1880. Robert Stanley Weir wrote the English words for the song, which are not a translation of the French lyrics, in 1908. It was sung as the national an... | simple-english |
Oʻahu | Islands of Hawaii | Oahu (often spelled Oahu) is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States. It means "the gathering place" (a place where people meet) in the Hawaiian language. Most of the people of Hawaii live there (1.0 million of the state's 1.4 million in 2020). The total land area is . Honolulu, the capital city... | simple-english |
Open content | Art, Open content | Open content is content that is openly accessible, usable, editable, and distributable by anyone for any purpose, even commercially. Open content is licensed with an open license that authorizes use of the content as described above. When someone creates something (like a picture or book), they can open it for the use ... | simple-english |
Orthography | Spelling | Orthography is an official or correct way to write a particular language. It includes rules of spelling. Orthography may also include rules about punctuation, capitalization, and diacritics (e.g. accents). In English, spelling is a problem for all learners, and is the main issue in orthography. Some languages have some... | simple-english |
Oil | Basic English 850 words, Oils, Hydrocarbons | The word oil is used for many different kinds of liquids. Oil usually does not mix with water. Vegetable oils are made from plants. Many are used in foods and for cooking. Some kinds of plant oils that people use are palm oil, maize (corn), olive, peanut, soy, and sunflower. Other kinds of oil are made from crude oil (... | simple-english |
OK | English words and phrases | OK (okay) is a word in the English language. It is used to mean that something is good or correct. It is the opposite of the word bad. It can often be used instead of the word Yes. It is not certain where the word "OK" originally comes from, but some experts say it came from a funny way of writing "Ol Korrect" (All co... | simple-english |
Oxymoron | Logic, Figures of speech | An oxymoron is a term for a figure of speech. It is made up of two or more words that seem to be opposite to each other, or actually are opposite. For example, the phrases "Wise fool", "Warm freezer", and "Legal murder" all have two words. In each one, the one word looks like the opposite of the other word. You can ... | simple-english |
Operating system | Operating systems | An operating system (OS) is a kind of computer program that helps a computer to interact with other machines or with people. An OS is not actually one single program but a group of small programs, like file managers, device drivers, and kernels. An OS can be small (like Damn Small Linux), or large (like Microsoft Windo... | simple-english |
Philosophy | Philosophy, Humanities, Philosophical concepts | Philosophy is the study of wisdom. is the Ancient Greek word for the "love of wisdom". A person who works in the field of philosophy is called a philosopher. A philosopher is a kind of thinker and researcher. Philosophers ask general and fundamental questions. The topics of these questions include existence, knowledg... | simple-english |
Physics | Physics | upright=1.35|thumb|Various examples of physical phenomena Physics is the science of how things move in space and time and how the universe works. It studies matter and forces. The word physics comes from the Greek word ἡ φύσις or physis meaning "nature". Physics can also be defined as "that department of knowledge whic... | simple-english |
Politics | Politics | Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the way that people living in groups make planned decisions. Politics is about making agreements between people so that they can live together in groups such as tribes, cities, or countries. In large groups, such as countries, some people may ... | simple-english |
Value (personal and cultural) | Culture | A value (or principle) usually means an abstract rule, one that can be seen to apply in many experiences, or can be applied by choice in a lot of situations. It can also mean a moral choice one makes often and consistently, for example, some Buddhists avoid eating meat (vegetarianism) as a matter of principle. Many gro... | simple-english |
Profanity | Profanity, Communication, Obscenity | Profanity is a word or action that is impolite, inappropriate, offensive, or taboo. The adjective is profane. Different words can be profane to different people and in different cultures. The words that people consider profane can also change over time. Religion can also play a role in what people think of as profanity... | simple-english |
Proof | An argument, including: Proof theory, a branch of mathematical logic Evidence (law), tested evidence or a legal proof Proof (alcohol), measure of an alcoholic beverage's strength Proofing (baking technique), how a yeast-leavened dough rises Artist's proof, a single print taken during the printmaking process Proof coina... | simple-english |
People's Republic of China | People's Republic of China | The People's Republic of China (PRC) () is a Communist one-party state in East Asia governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It was founded on 1 October 1949 after the Kuomintang (KMT) fled to Taiwan. It currently has more than 1.4 billion people (as of 2017). It has archaeological evidence over 5,000 years old.... | simple-english |
Psychoneuroimmunology | Immunology, Branches of psychology | Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body. PNI takes an interdisciplinary approach. The main interests of PNI are the interactions between the nervous and immune systems and the relationships between mental processes ... | simple-english |
Political party | Political parties | A political party is an organized group of people or bodies who seek to capture political power through an election in order to run the affairs of a country. It often puts forward candidates for public office. In a democracy, leaders must "run for office" in an election. In a dictatorship, there is generally only one p... | simple-english |
Page | A page can be different things: Usually, a page is a physical sheet of paper in a book, magazine, newspaper etc. When a page is not in a book (etc.) it is a sheet or piece of paper. When we talk about computers, a page is also a common abbreviation in net jargon for "webpage". Here the page is not paper, it is a piece... | simple-english |
Pet | Pets, Animals, Domesticated animals | A pet is a domesticated animal that lives with people, but is not forced to work and is not eaten, in most instances. In most cases, a pet is kept to entertain people or for companionship. Some pets such as dogs and cats are placed in an animal shelter if there is no one willing to take care of them. If no one adopts i... | simple-english |
Product | A product can mean a few things: Product (as a general idea) is anything which results from a process. Product (mathematics) is the result of multiplication Product (consumer goods) in business Product (chemistry) is a result or something that is made in a chemical reaction. | simple-english |
Program | The term Program can be used in many ways. A program or programme can be a plan of how to do something. It tells the steps that we think we need to do to make something happen. For example, a government might make a program to improve the health of the people in part of a country by giving the people better food, by he... | simple-english |
PRC | #REDIRECT People's Republic of China | simple-english |
Platonic realism | Philosophical movements and positions, Reality | Platonic realism is the theory of reality developed by Plato, and explained in his theory of forms. Platonic realism states that the visible world of particular things is a shifting exhibition, like shadows cast on a wall by the activities of their corresponding universal Ideas or Forms. Whereas the visible world of pa... | simple-english |
Paradox | Paradoxes | A paradox is a sentence in logic that cannot be true but also cannot be false. It is self-contradictory. Many famous problems of this kind exist. A famous paradox is called the liar's paradox. It is the simple sentence "This sentence is a lie", or equivalently, "This statement is false." If the sentence is true, then i... | simple-english |
Potato | Solanum, Potatoes | A potato is a vegetable, the Solanum tuberosum. The potato came from the high and cool areas of the Andes mountains. It was grown as a food crop thousands of years ago. When Spanish conquistadores came to South America in the 1500s, they took potatoes back to Europe. It took nearly 200 years for the potato to become a ... | simple-english |
Plant | Basic English 850 words, Plants | Plants are one of six big groups (kingdoms) of living things. They are autotrophic eukaryotes, this means they have complex cells, and make their own food. Usually, they cannot move (not counting growth). Plants need sunlight, soil and water whereas seeds need warmth. Plants include familiar types such as trees, herbs,... | simple-english |
Prediction | Future events, Scientific method | A prediction is a statement that someone makes about what they think is going to happen. It is often very helpful to know what is going to happen to help prepare for these future events. Predictions are based on the idea that two beginning positions that are like each other will have similar results. By watching someth... | simple-english |
Probability | Probability theory | Probability is a part of applied mathematics. It has to do with chance, the study of things that might happen or might not happen. For example, using probability, one can show that by throwing a coin up in the air and letting it land, half of the time it will land with one side facing up, and half of the time with the ... | simple-english |
Probability experiment | Probability theory, Experiments | A probability experiment is a situation where chance affects the result of an experiment. If the experiment can only have two outcomes, it is named Bernoulli trial. A coin flip is a probability experiment because chance affects whether a coin will land heads or tails when it is flipped. | simple-english |
Protein | Proteins | Proteins are long-chain molecules built from small units known as amino acids, which are joined in a sequence by peptide bonds. Every sequence of amino acids becomes a specific final shape, allowing living things to use proteins as tiny machines to do work. They are biochemical compounds.They have one or more polypepti... | simple-english |
Periodic table | Periodic table | The periodic table is a table that puts all known chemical elements in a specific order. Elements that have similar characteristics are often put near each other. In the table, the elements are placed in the order of their atomic numbers starting with the lowest number of one, hydrogen. The atomic number of an element... | simple-english |
Physiology | Physiology | Physiology is the study of how living things work. Physiologists can study how organs of an organism work together to make things happen. In human beings, for example, the digestion of food hormones and other chemicals are made by the stomach, liver, and pancreas. Muscle contraction happens because of chemical messages... | simple-english |
Planet | Planets, Observational astronomy | A planet is a large object such as Venus or Earth that orbits a star. Planets do not make light but can reflect light. Planets are spherical (that is, ball-shaped), because their gravity compresses them into a sphere. Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System, while the smallest planet in the Solar System is Me... | simple-english |
Political problems of China | Law of the People's Republic of China, Territorial disputes of China, Politics of China, Politics of India, Politics of Japan, Politics of Vietnam | The People's Republic of China claims that the island of Taiwan is part of its territory, but the Republic of China, which was the government that controlled all of China from 1911 to 1949, still claims the land and controls Taiwan. The government stops people from having freedom of speech, freedom of religion and othe... | simple-english |
Police | Police, Crime prevention, Public safety | Police are a group of people whose job is to enforce laws, help with emergencies, solve crimes and protect property. A person who carries out this duty is known as a police officer. They work out of a police station. Police are trained in first aid and rescue, because police officers are often one of the first people t... | simple-english |
Pi | Geometry, Irrational numbers, Transcendental numbers, Mathematical constants | Pi () () is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter This produces a number, and that number is always the same. However, the number is rather strange. The number starts as 3.141592653589793... and continues without end. Numbers like this are called irrational numbers. The ... | simple-english |
Proper noun | Parts of speech | A proper noun or proper name is a noun representing a unique thing (like London, Jupiter, John Hunter, or Toyota), unlike a common noun, which represents a type of thing (like city, planet, person or corporation). Proper nouns are the only nouns in English which always have the first letter capitalized. In English, pro... | simple-english |
Plastic | Polymers, Polymer chemistry | A plastic is a synthetic material that can change its shape easily. Many things are made of plastics, usually because making them to the right shape is easy. Some plastics have other materials added to them, like glass, because they make the plastic stronger and stiffer. Plastics are used to make many products, such as... | simple-english |
Product stewardship | Business, Ethics | Product stewardship is a way of managing the environmental impacts of different products and materials. People involved in producing, selling, using and disposing of products have a shared responsibility to manage them in a way that reduces their impact, throughout their lifecycle, on the environment and on human healt... | simple-english |
Peace | Peace, Basic English 850 words, Society, Political concepts | Peace is a time without any fights or wars. In a larger sense, peace (or peacefulness) can mean a state of harmony, quiet or calm that is not disturbed by anything at all, like a still pond with no ripples. Many people and organizations want peace. One organization that was set up to bring peace among the nations and t... | simple-english |
Quebec | 1867 establishments in Canada, Quebec | Quebec ( or ; ) is a province in the eastern part of Canada located between the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It is the biggest of Canada's 10 provinces by size. It also has the second-largest population, after Ontario. Most of Quebec's inhabitants live along or near the banks of the Saint Lawrence River.... | simple-english |
Reading | Basic English 850 words, Reading | Reading is understanding writing in a language. Fundamentally, reading is the way people look at certain marks and know what they mean. Once it was possible to go through life without reading. Writing goes back in human history only a few thousand years, and 200 years ago most men could not read or write. We know this ... | simple-english |
Religion | Religion, Religions, Basic English 850 words | Religion is a set of beliefs and social-cultural systems, including certain practices, morals, beliefs and worldviews, that relate humanity to supernatural or spiritual elements—though there is no current fully agreed definition on what a religion exactly is. Different religions may or may not have different parts abou... | simple-english |
Roman | Roman or Romans may refer to: A thing or person of or from the city of Rome, Italy Ancient Rome (8th century BC – 5th century AD) Roman Kingdom (753 BC to 509 BC) Roman Republic (509 BC to 27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC to 476/1453 AD) Roman Britain, part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire betwee... | simple-english |
Rudyard Kipling | 1865 births, 1936 deaths, British Nobel Prize winners, English children's writers, English poets, People buried in Westminster Abbey, People from Bombay, Nobel Prize in Literature winners | Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English writer and poet. Kipling was born in Bombay, India. He wrote children's fiction, like Kim, The Jungle Book and Puck of Pook's Hill. He also wrote the well-known poems, If — and Gunga Din, and many short stories set in India. He was awarded the 1... | simple-english |
Recreation | Leisure, Hobbies | Recreation or fun is a person's time of refreshing his or her body and mind. There are many different forms of recreation which are shaped by individual interests and by environment; a few examples being reading, playing or listening to music, watching movies or TV, gardening, hunting, hobbies, sports, studies, and tra... | simple-english |
Red | Basic English 850 words | Red is the color that is on the edge of the rainbow. It is one of the primary colors (colors that can be mixed with other colors) of light. The others are blue and yellow. Red light has a wavelength between 630 and 740 nanometers. Red paint can be made by mixing yellow paint and magenta paint. Red is sometimes used to ... | simple-english |
Raw food | Food and drink | For the WWE brand/TV Show, see WWE Raw. Foods are raw when they are not cooked. Most things are safe to eat raw, but some of them can be poisonous. There's currently no solid evidence to suggest that raw food is more healthy than cooked food. Raw food can sometimes make people sick because of bacteria which would other... | simple-english |
Ram | A male sheep that has not been neutered Random-access memory (abbreviated "RAM") Battering ram, something used to break through walls or doors Hydraulic ram, a type of pump Rama (or Râm), a Hindu god | simple-english |
Roman Empire | Roman Empire | The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this during the Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of effective sole rule in 27 BC. The western empire collapsed in 476 AD, but the eastern empire, the Byzantine E... | simple-english |
Regime | Forms of government | A regime is the leader and other people who run a government of a sovereign state. There are many kinds of regimes. They can achieve power in many ways. Depending on the time and place and local civics like the electoral system, they can lose power in many ways too. The most common way for a regime to lose power was... | simple-english |
River | Basic English 850 words, Rivers, Biomes | A river is a stream of water that flows through a channel on the surface of the ground. The passage where the river flows is called the riverbed and the earth on each side is called a riverbank. A river begins on high ground or in hills or mountains and flows down from the high ground to the lower ground, because of gr... | simple-english |
Right angle | Angles | A right angle is an angle with a measurement of 90 degrees or π/2 radians. While most angles are represented by a small sliver of a circle in their angle, right angles have a small square instead. This is why something that is 90 degrees is often referred to as "square" in woodworking. When two lines cross each other s... | simple-english |
Reward | Basic English 850 words | A reward is getting something good for doing a given task. It needs someone who has the power to give the good thing. It is part of reinforcement that primarily deals with rewards and reliefs. Ideas like reinforcement unlike punishment that is based on cost and losses function based on the idea that people increase doi... | simple-english |
Ranch | Farms | A ranch is a farm for raising cows, horses, sheep or other livestock. Most ranches are large, but they can be any size. The word ranch is from the Spanish word "rancho". It is used in American and Canadian English. People who use a ranch are called ranchers. A ranch may be on private or public land. The desert areas of... | simple-english |
SUV | Sport utility vehicles | A sports utility vehicle, also known as a sport utility van or simply an SUV or a sport utility car, is a type of vehicle which combines the load-hauling and versatility of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan, hatchback, station wagon, or large sedan. It is built as a rugged vehicle for cargo ... | simple-english |
Substance | Basic English 850 words, Physics | Substance is the material, or matter, of which something is made. Substances are physical things that can be seen, touched, or measured. They are made up of one or more elemental parts. Iron and aluminium, which are pure, water and air, which are mixtures; are all examples of substances. Problems of definition The main... | simple-english |
Symbol | Culture, Society, Symbols, Religions, Civilization (video game series) | A symbol is a drawing, shape, or an object that represents an idea, object, or amount of something. The most common symbols are letters, which are symbols of words and sounds. A symbol can be an actual object (such as the cross, a symbol of Christianity or a scepter, a symbol of royalty and power), or a certain color o... | simple-english |
September | Months | September (Sep.) is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between August and October. It has 30 days. Its name comes from the Latin word sept for "seven" (it was the seventh month of the year, before January and February were added to the beginning of the year.) September always begins on the sa... | simple-english |
Sound | Basic English 850 words, Sound | :Sound can also mean a body of water, like a bay or channel. Sound is caused by waves of pressure called sound waves. It can be heard when it goes through a medium to the ear. All sounds are made by vibrations of molecules. For example, when a person hits a drum or a cymbal the object vibrates. These vibrations make ai... | simple-english |
Society | Society, Social sciences terminology | Society is the term to describe human beings together as a collective entity – the sum of their social networks and social interactions. The term comes from the Latin idea of societas, or the connection between friends or allies – friend or ally being socius. It can also mean a specific group of people who interact, as... | simple-english |
Suggestion | Basic English 850 words | A suggestion is an idea that one suggests, or says is good for another (or others) to follow. Some people may agree to it, and some may disagree. If they disagree or have a different suggestion, the person who first suggested the idea will usually discuss with the other people and find a good conclusion that satisfies ... | simple-english |
Spache Readability Formula | Reading | Spache Readability Formula is one method of finding out how hard a piece of writing is (its textual difficulty). The method compares words in a text to a list of words which are familiar in everyday writing. The words that are not on the list are called unfamiliar. The number of words per sentence are counted. This num... | simple-english |
Sport | Sports | Sport usually means athletic games that involve a degree of competition, such as football, basketball or cross-country Olympic skiing. Some games and many kinds of racing are called sports. A professional at a sport is called an athlete. Many people do sports with their friends. They need coaches to teach or train team... | simple-english |
Science | Basic English 850 words, Science, Observation | Science is what we do to find out about the natural world. 'Science' also refers to the large amount of knowledge that has been found using this process. Research uses the scientific method. Scientific research uses hypotheses based on ideas or earlier knowledge, which can be categorized through different topics. Then ... | simple-english |
Saint Lawrence River | Rivers of Canada | The Saint Lawrence River (; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a big river in eastern North America. It flows between the Canadian province of Quebec & Ontario and the American state of New York, and through the major Canadian city of Montreal. It is the third-largest river in... | simple-english |
Seville | Seville, Capital cities in Spain | Seville () is a city in the southern parts of Spain. A river called the Guadalquivir River goes through Seville. The city of Seville is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community Andalusia and of the province of Sevilla. People from Seville are called Sevillanos. With 686.000 people in the city and about 1.1 milli... | simple-english |
Salami | Sausage | Salami is a sausage that first came from Italy. The name comes from the Italian salare meaning to make something salty. The original salami was made from a mix of chopped pork and salt which was dried using air in a casing. Now there are many types of salamis made in some countries. Nearly all are seasoned with a combi... | simple-english |
Special English | English language | Special English is a simple form of the English language. It is used by a public radio station called Voice of America, run by the United States government in Special English programs every day. Its news and feature programs are read more slowly than usual, using fewer English words and simple grammar. The contents of... | simple-english |
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