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I. plain [pleɪn] ADJ

1. plain:

plain (simple)
einfach <einfacher, am einfachsten>
plain (not flavoured)
natur nach n
plain food
plain omelette
plain paper (unlined)
plain paper (of one colour)
plain yoghurt

2. plain (uncomplicated):

plain
einfach <einfacher, am einfachsten>
plain folks [or people]
plain and simple

3. plain (clear):

plain
klar <klarer, am klarsten>
plain
her meaning was plain
it's plain that they ...
to be perfectly plain
to make sth plain
to be plain with sb

4. plain attr, inv (sheer):

plain
rein <reiner, am reinsten>
plain
it was plain torture
the plain truth is that ...

5. plain (unattractive):

plain
plain
plain Jane

Phrases:

to be as plain as the nose on one's face [or Brit also as a pikestaff]
to be as plain as the nose on one's face [or Brit also as a pikestaff]

II. plain [pleɪn] ADV

1. plain (simply):

plain

2. plain inf (downright):

plain
einfach <einfacher, am einfachsten>
plain awful

III. plain [pleɪn] N

1. plain (area of flat land):

plain
Ebene f <-, -n>
die Ebene kein pl

2. plain (in knitting):

plain
OpenDict entry

plain ADJ

ˈplain-col·oured, Am ˈplain-col·ored ADJ inv

plain-coloured

ˈflood plain N GEOG

flood plain
Überschwemmungsgebiet nt <-(e)s, -e> spec

plain-ˈspo·ken ADJ

to be plain-spoken

plain ˈspeak·ing N no pl

plain speaking

ˈplain-clothes ADJ attr, inv

plain-clothes
plain-clothes

plain ˈchoco·late N no pl

plain chocolate

plain ˈclothes N pl

plain clothes
Zivilkleidung f <-, -en> kein pl
in plain clothes
OpenDict entry

plain stupid ADV

plain stupid inf

PONS Banking, Finance and Insurance Dictionary

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German
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plain vanilla phrase FINMKT

Plain Vanilla

plain vanilla swap N FINMKT

German
German
English
English
plain vanilla

Klett Geography Glossary

coastal plain

coastal plain

lowland plain

lowland plain

outwash plain, sandur [ˈsændə] N

outwash plain

Polish Plain N

Polish Plain

Hungarian Plain N

Hungarian Plain

European Plain N

European Plain

North German Plain N

East European Plain N

Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain N

West Siberian Plain [ˌwestsaɪˌbɪəriənˈpleɪn] N

Lingenio Culinary Glossary

plain cooking

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The Andes also provide a ready source of irrigation which was historically done in flood plain style.
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Between the flood plain and the plateau, there are two distinct regions.
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About 123 km of flood plain have been lost.
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Today the flood plain features golf courses, parks, sports arenas, and arboretums where neighborhoods and businesses once stood.
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After this change in direction it enters the lower valley the valley widens and has a flatter floor (an extensive flood plain).
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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The entanglement between football, politics, culture and the economy is not an invention of feminism, or even the DFB for that matter, but plain and simple reality.
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Die Verschränkungen von Fußball, Politik, Kultur und Ökonomie sind keine Erfindung des Feminismus oder gar des DFB, sondern einfach Realität.
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The quiet and peaceful atmosphere in our plain and light rooms, which have neither TV, nor radio, nor telephone offers a space to relax after a busy day.
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Die ruhige und friedliche Atmosphäre in unseren einfach und hell möblierten Zimmern – die weder mit TV, Radio noch Telefon ausgestattet sind – bietet Raum zum Abschalten nach einem ausgefüllten Tag.
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DLL muss eine Schnittstelle für den XProfan-Prozess bieten, Daten asynchron zu beziehen und zu senden.Variante A hat gegenüber Variante B den Nachteil, dass diese Speicher- und Performance-lastiger ist, aber den Vorteil, dass diese deutlich einfacher programmiert werden kann.Variante B benötigt keinen eigenen/weiteren Prozess sondern nur Threads.
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ClipText copies plain text from the Clipboard to a file or from a file to the Clipboard.
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ClipText kopiert einfachen Text aus dem Clipboard in eine Datei oder umgekehrt.
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You have also the possibility to create a Download Link for the Microsoft Word Document whether its content is plain or rich text (Containing images, shapes, tables…) and make it available for download through your Website.
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Du hast außerdem die Möglichkeit, einen Download-Link für Dein Microsoft Word-Dokument einzurichten, egal ob die Inhalte einfach sind oder ob Bildern, Formen, Tabellen usw. eingefügt wurden.
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