sim
/sɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Clipping of simulation.
noun
noun
Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
noun
name
A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.
Example Sentences
- "Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots."
- "The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair."
- "Near-synonym: NPC"
- "They played a flight sim all afternoon."
- "But shooters, sims and real-time strategy games ascended as the industry grew and mouseless home consoles made the genre's mechanics awkward."
- "Water attractions are the big new addition to Frontier Developments' theme park sim, adding a new dimension to what was previously a comprehensive but unadventurous coaster creation kit."