plain
/pleɪn/
adjective
🇬🇧 UK
/pleɪn/
🇺🇸 US
/pleɪn/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · adjective
Flat, level.
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Meaning 2 · adjective
Simple.
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Meaning 3 · adjective
Obvious.
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Meaning 4 · adjective
Open.
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Meaning 5 · adjective
Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
“Throughout high school she worried that she had a rather plain face.”
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Meaning 6 · adjective
Not a trump.
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Meaning 7 · adverb
Simply.
“I plain forgot.”
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Meaning 8 · adverb
Plainly; distinctly.
“Tell me plain: do you love me or no?”
How this word is used
- General “Throughout high school she worried that she had a rather plain face.”
- Everyday “I plain forgot.”
- General “Tell me plain: do you love me or no?”
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