sim

See also: Sim, SIM, sím, šim, and šīm

English

Etymology

Shortening of simulation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɪm/

Noun

sim (plural sims)

  1. (informal) A simulation or simulator.
    They played a flight sim all afternoon.
    • 2009 July 11, Darren Zenko, “U.K. pair turn time into romp”, in Toronto Star‎:
      But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward.

Anagrams

Khasi

Noun

sim

  1. bird

Kurdish
sim

Noun

sim m

  1. hoof (foot of an animal)


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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

sim

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of sim – see 心 (“heart; mind; etc.”).
(This character, sim, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 心.)

Mizo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sim/

Verb

sim

  1. to repent

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese si (“yes”), from Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sĩ/
  • Hyphenation: sim
  • Audio(file)

Interjection

sim

  1. yes (affirmative answer)
    “Eles já saíram?” “Sim.”
    “Have they left?” “Yes.”

Usage notes

Sim as an affirmative response can be seen as somewhat terse. In more informal situations, the typical affirmative response consists of repeating the first word of the question’s verb phrase, with a change in person if necessary:

  • “Eles já saíram?” “Já.”
    “Have they left?” “Yes.”
  • “Eu ganhei?” “ganhaste/ (você) ganhou.”
    “Have I won?” “You have.”
  • “Você vai sair?” “vou.”
    “Are you going out?” “I am.”

Synonyms

Antonyms

Adverb

sim (not comparable)

  1. indeed; do (used for emphasis in affirmative expressions)
    Eu já li esse livro sim.
    I have already read this book indeed.
    Ele matou sim o bicho.
    He did kill the bug.

Noun

sim m (plural sins)

  1. yes; yea (an affirmative answer)
    Recebemos um sim e três nãos.
    We got one yes and three noes.

Antonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

sim (Cyrillic spelling сим)

  1. (Kajkavian) hither, this way, here

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

Back-formation from simma.

Noun

sim n

  1. swim

Declension
Declension of sim 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sim simmet sim simmen
Genitive sims simmets sims simmens

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) sim (枮, 槮, 𣑷)

  1. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 心 (MC siɪm).

Pronunciation

Noun

sim (old orthography sim)

  1. heart
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