in words of one syllable

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if you explain something in words of one syllable, you do it in words that are very simple and easy to understand because the person you are speaking to is stupid

Usage notes: A syllable is a unit of sound that is made by a combination of letters. Words which only have one syllable are short and simple.

I was trying to explain to him again, in words of one syllable, why safety regulations must be obeyed at all times.

See also: one, word

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"Bill" was a sturdy fellow, aged four-and-twenty, an excellent stone-sawyer, who could get as good wages as any man in the trade of his years; but he found a reading lesson in words of one syllable a harder matter to deal with than the hardest stone he had ever had to saw. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context			in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate in trouble in truth in tune in tune with in tune with the times in turn in two shakes in two shakes of a lamb's tail in unison in use in vain in view of in vogue in way in wisdom in words of one syllable in writing in years In your dreams! inaugurate as incapacitate incarcerate in inch inch along inch back inch by inch inch forward inch over inch way across inch way along incite incline incline away incline forward incline toward inclined inclined to do include include among include in include out			in want in want of In Warranty in way in way in way in way In Way Of in well with in well with in well with in well with In Which Case In Which Case in whole in wildest dreams in wildest dreams in wildest dreams in wildest dreams In Winter In Winter In Winter in wisdom in wisdom in wisdom in wisdom in with in with In witness whereof In word in words of one syllable In Work Benefit Calculations In Work Emergency Fund in working order in writing in writing in writing In Xanadu Did Kubla Kahn a Stately Pleasure Dome Decree In Xanadu Did Kubla Khan In Yarraville Tonight in years In Your Arms In Your Ass In Your Basket in your birthday suit In your despite In your dreams In your dreams! In Your Eye In Your Face In Your Face Entertainment In Your Head In Your Honor In Your House In Your House Wrestling Alliance In Your Humble Opinion in your midst in your midst

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