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    sim.
    abbreviation
    similar.
  • sim
    sim
    noun
    a computer game which simulates an activity such as playing a sport or flying an aircraft

sim.

American  

abbreviation

  1. similar.

  2. simile.


sim British  
/ sɪm /

noun

  1. a computer game which simulates an activity such as playing a sport or flying an aircraft

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“We’ve done some laps in the sim. We’re getting ready, as Mr. H mentioned, do some first real running here in October,” Arrow McLaren director of IndyCar racing Gavin Ward said.

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2023

Stat. c. bays        32 White; wing-quills black; head, hind-neck buff; f., sim.; young brown spotted.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Mig. c. swamps        19 Nocturnal; crown, nape black; long white plumes from nape; upper rich chestnut; abdomen white; neck, chest reddish-chestnut; f., sim.; young mottled brown, buff.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Stat. v.c. timber, open        13.5 Head, neck, under, rump rich deep crimson; feathers of back black, edged crimson; cheeks, shoulders blue; tail tipped pale-blue; f., sim.; young all green at first.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Stat. r. coast-scrubs, mt.-gullies        12.5 Lustrous blue-black, with black centres to feathers; f.,* upper grayish-green; quills dark-brown; tail golden-brown; under yellow, washed bluish-green, marked blackish-brown; young male up to 3 years sim. to f.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

O2 Virgin Media confirmed the scammer telephoned its call centre requesting a new sim and had hacked Stephen's emails.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2025

The mother-of-two's phone was also found, by her family, under her bed smashed with the sim card missing after officers left.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2025

Using an anonymous device, perhaps a smartphone only identifiable by its sim card, the team build a picture of the target.

From BBC Oct. 10, 2024

Had Glasnow completed his two-inning sim game as scheduled, he would have been on track to return before the end of the regular season.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2024

Clambering atop the piled rocks, Jon gazed off toward the setting sim.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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