Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: plain
IPA transcription: [pl'eɪn]
Pronunciations of plain
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
    Meaning: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
  • Synonyms: plain
    Meaning: not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
  • Synonyms: plain, unpatterned
    Meaning: lacking patterns especially in color
  • Synonyms: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
    Meaning: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
  • Synonyms: plain, unvarnished
    Meaning: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
  • Synonyms: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented
    Meaning: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: plain, field, champaign
    Meaning: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
    Meaning: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: complain, kick, plain, sound_off, quetch, kvetch
    Meaning: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Usage examples
  • Speak out plain.
  • It's all plain."
  • Plain Oyster Pie.
  • Plain Boiled Rice.
  • "Is she very plain?"
  • Let me make it plain.
  • "That's plain enough."
  • That's the plain fact.
  • "That is plain enough.
  • PLAIN TALK FROM ELIOT.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Queen Victoria, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bakkwa, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Munich, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Robert Garran, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Black Russian Terrier, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Project Gutenberg, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Tawny owl, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of Fredericksburg, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Caesar cipher, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Everton F.C., License CC BY-SA 4.0