simpson

/ˈsɪmp.sən/

name 5noun 1

Collocations

VERB + SIMPSON

like, looked

She looked Simpson straight in the eye and told him exactly what she thought.

SIMPSON + NOUN

way

The simpson way of organizing a project always involves breaking it down into smaller, manageable steps.

PREP.

I watched the new episode of The Simpsons in the living room last night.

Definitions

name

A Scottish and northern English patronymic surname derived from Sim, the short form of Simon.

An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places in Devon.

A suburban village in Simpson and Ashland parish, Milton Keynes borough, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8836).

A hamlet in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8818).

A village in the Rural Municipality of Wood Creek, No. 281, Saskatchewan, Canada.

noun

Alternative form of sencion (“groundsel”).

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Example Bank

Each of his family members reminded me of a Simpson in some way: his sister was a bit like Lisa and his dad was a bit like Homer.

Wiktionary

Sami looked like Bart Simpson.

Tatoeba · #5997306

Yanni, a football player who killed his wife, won't be another O.J. Simpson. He will be punished accordingly.

Tatoeba · #9815264

The spokesman for the World Health Organization, Iain Simpson, says there is no conclusive evidence linking the animal, the civet cat, to the SARS outbreak.

Tatoeba · #12141591

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