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elementary
[ el-uh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]
adjective
- pertaining to or dealing with elements, rudiments, or first principles:
an elementary grammar.
- of or relating to an elementary school:
elementary teachers.
- of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple or uncompounded.
- pertaining to the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, or to the great forces of nature; elemental.
- Chemistry. of or noting one or more elements.
elementary
/ -trɪ; ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ /
adjective
- not difficult; simple; rudimentary
- of or concerned with the first principles of a subject; introductory or fundamental
- maths (of a function) having the form of an algebraic, exponential, trigonometric, or a logarithmic function, or any combination of these
- chem another word for elemental
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Derived Forms
- ˌeleˈmentarily, adverb
- ˌeleˈmentariness, noun
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Other Words From
- el·e·men·tar·i·ly [el-, uh, -men-, ter, -, uh, -lee], adverb
- ele·menta·ri·ness noun
- nonel·e·menta·ry adjective
- postel·e·menta·ry adjective
- preel·e·menta·ry adjective
- quasi-ele·menta·ry adjective
- super·ele·menta·ry adjective
- transel·e·menta·ry adjective
- unel·e·menta·ry adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of elementary1
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Example Sentences
Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
Supporters pointed to math and literacy gains, while critics noted that those improvements disappeared in elementary school.
A small-town Ohio elementary school teacher just racked up 25 charges on an otherwise clean record for allegedly raping her son.
Her lawyer said he thought she had been fired from her job, as a first-grade teacher at Cridersville Elementary.
He had no conception of the use of the other arms of the service, and never gained even the most elementary knowledge of strategy.
Have cabled a very elementary question: "Could not the Japanese bombs be copied in England?"
With them he is obliged to submit his bills to the elementary rules of arithmetic, and be careful that two and two make only four.
As time passed, this fund expanded considerably and was used to improve elementary education.
It is used in journals, memoirs, biographies, and many elementary histories.
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