"small words" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"language that is easy to understand\"",
      "word": "big words"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"language that is easy to understand\"",
      "word": "large words"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "small words (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853, James Spencer Cannon, Lectures on Pastoral Theology, Charles Scribner, page 152",
          "text": "Wisely did the translators of our English Bible use small words, which impart a beauty and force to innumerable passages in their excellent version.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, William Hammond, Leadership Education III, Air Force Junior ROTC, Air University, page 4",
          "text": "Use small words. You probably wouldn't like to have to use your dictionary to read this book. Your readers won't want to use a dictionary either; so, use words which describe your thoughts and are easily understood by the reader.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Irene Lober, Promoting Your School: A Public Relations Handbook, R&L Education, page 89",
          "text": "Use words that clearly convey your thoughts. Use small words where you can; do not try to use large words to impress people. Remember that your audience wants to understand what you are saying, so make it easy for them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Debord, Neptune's Key: A Tattered Sails Novel, Tattered Sails, page 49",
          "text": "Fine, but you might want to use small words so Blackwood can keep up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Roderick P. Hart, Trump and Us: What He Says and Why People Listen, Cambridge University Press, page 30",
          "text": "What does it mean to be incapable of rephrasing a thought, of turning it around in one's mind in fresh ways? What does it mean to use small words almost exclusively (“We're going to have very, very strong vetting. I call it extreme vetting, and we're going very strong on security”)? It means that people can understand you, that they do not become lost in the fog.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language that is easy to understand"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, words."
      ],
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        ],
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          "words",
          "words#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "small words"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"language that is easy to understand\"",
      "word": "big words"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"language that is easy to understand\"",
      "word": "large words"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
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      "expansion": "small words (uncountable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853, James Spencer Cannon, Lectures on Pastoral Theology, Charles Scribner, page 152",
          "text": "Wisely did the translators of our English Bible use small words, which impart a beauty and force to innumerable passages in their excellent version.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, William Hammond, Leadership Education III, Air Force Junior ROTC, Air University, page 4",
          "text": "Use small words. You probably wouldn't like to have to use your dictionary to read this book. Your readers won't want to use a dictionary either; so, use words which describe your thoughts and are easily understood by the reader.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Irene Lober, Promoting Your School: A Public Relations Handbook, R&L Education, page 89",
          "text": "Use words that clearly convey your thoughts. Use small words where you can; do not try to use large words to impress people. Remember that your audience wants to understand what you are saying, so make it easy for them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Debord, Neptune's Key: A Tattered Sails Novel, Tattered Sails, page 49",
          "text": "Fine, but you might want to use small words so Blackwood can keep up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Roderick P. Hart, Trump and Us: What He Says and Why People Listen, Cambridge University Press, page 30",
          "text": "What does it mean to be incapable of rephrasing a thought, of turning it around in one's mind in fresh ways? What does it mean to use small words almost exclusively (“We're going to have very, very strong vetting. I call it extreme vetting, and we're going very strong on security”)? It means that people can understand you, that they do not become lost in the fog.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language that is easy to understand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, words."
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "small words"
}