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SIM

noun
/sɪm/

Etymology

From the title of The Sims, which most likely came from clipping of simulation, as The Sims, SimCity, and related franchises are simulation games; compare sim (“simulator, simulation”).

Definitions

  1. Clipping of simulation.

  2. Clipping of SIM card

  3. Acronym of social influence marketing.

  4. ›+ 15 more definitions

    1. Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.

    2. Acronym of scanning ion microscope.

    3. Acronym of search of the index map.

    4. Initialism of security information management.

    5. A male given name, diminutive of Simeon and Simon.

      • The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.

    6. A Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name.

    7. A surname from Hokkien.

    8. A surname from Korean.

    9. A Simeonite (follower of Charles Simeon).

    10. A person with Methodist tendencies.

    11. Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human…

      Any of the characters in the video game The Sims, which simulates aspects of a human social environment.

    12. Someone who is, or is accused of, acting like a bumbling fool.

      • Near-synonym: NPC

    13. Clipping of simulator.

      • 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.

    14. A simulation session or scenario.

    15. Clipping of simulate.

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Derived

Simpson, city sim, dating sim, dim sim, farming sim, farm sim, life sim, management sim, racesim, raising sim, sim-com, simmer, simrace, sim racer, simworld, walking sim

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for SIM. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA