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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

plain English en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) English that does not use any jargon or technical or scientific terminology; simple or easily comprehensible words or language, usually denoting a form restricted by good sense alone, as contrasted with a codified form via controlled natural language.
    • I wish these lawyers would give us a plain English summary of their dense legalese.

Coordinates

Simple English · Basic English

Hypernyms

plain language

Relateds

plain language · plainspoken · plain as day · in layman's terms · controlled vocabulary · straight talk

Translations (5)

cmn 通俗英語 /通俗英语 (English that does not use any jargon) · it linguaggio chiaro (English that does not use any jargon) · fr langage clair (English that does not use any jargon) · fi selkokieli (English that does not use any jargon) · ru простой английский (English that does not use any jargon)