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Meaning of SIM | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
sɪm

Definitions

  1. Clipping of simulation.
  2. A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.
  3. A surname from Hokkien.
  4. A surname from Korean.
  5. A Simeonite (follower of Charles Simeon).
  6. Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.
  7. Clipping of simulator.
  8. Clipping of SIM card
  9. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.
  10. A person with Methodist tendencies.
  11. Someone who is, or is accused of, acting like a bumbling fool.
  12. Acronym of social influence marketing.
  13. A simulation session or scenario.
  14. Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.
  15. Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
  16. Acronym of search of the index map.
  17. Initialism of security information management.

Equivalents

Bosanski sim
Français SIM
Hrvatski sim
Italiano SIM
Kurdî sim şîm
Português sim sim
Српски sim

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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