SIMON

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• SIMON (noun)
  The noun SIMON has 4 senses:

1. one of the twelve Apostles (first century)

2. United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)

3. United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)

4. United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)

  Familiarity information: SIMON used as a noun is uncommon.

• SIMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the twelve Apostles (first century)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Simon; Simon the Canaanite; Simon the Zealot; Simon Zelotes; St. Simon

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Paul Simon; Simon

Instance hypernyms:

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

ballad maker; songster; songwriter (a composer of words or music for popular songs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Marvin Neil Simon; Neil Simon; Simon

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Herb Simon; Herbert A. Simon; Herbert Alexander Simon; Simon

Instance hypernyms:

economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)

psychologist (a scientist trained in psychology)

 Context examples 

See to Black Simon, how he storms among the shipmen!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It was a slight, sir, a public slight,” said Lord St. Simon, tapping his fingers upon the table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This research shows that exciting new discoveries can be made in poorly known groups in even the most heavily sampled areas, says Simon Malcomber, a program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.

(New sea slug species discovered near condominiums of Florida’s Cedar Key, National Science Foundation)

"In our new observations it is apparent very small eddies are feeding into the storm," said Simon.

(Jupiter's great red spot is shrinking, NASA)

FHH develops focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis, systemic hypertension and proteinuria at a young age, but these effects are more marked in FHH than FHL (Simons et al, 1993).

(FHH, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, who led this study and who first proposed the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism, said: This new finding supports the idea that increased prenatal sex steroid hormones are one of the potential causes for the condition.

(High levels of oestrogen in the womb linked to autism, University of Cambridge)

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge, said: Autistic individuals may need a variety of interventions – there’s no ‘one size fits all’ – and these may include an individual support worker, a mentor, opportunities to build social and communication skills and self confidence through activities that the person enjoys, peer support groups, and supported employment schemes.

(Genetic variants for autism linked to higher rates of self-harm and childhood maltreatment, University of Cambridge)

This study underscores the extent of unknown microbial diversity even in well-studied areas, and the flexibility and importance of host-microbe associations in different habitats, says Simon Malcomber, a program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.

(Microbe diversity is key to healthy coastal ecosystems, National Science Foundation)

Spade-beard and his men had given slowly back, hard pressed by Sir Nigel, Aylward, Black Simon, and the poop-guard.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lord St. Simon shook his head.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)