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elementarinesses

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el⋅e⋅men⋅ta⋅ry

  [el-uh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or dealing with elements, rudiments, or first principles: an elementary grammar.
2. of or pertaining to an elementary school: elementary teachers.
3. of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple or uncompounded.
4. pertaining to the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, or to the great forces of nature; elemental.
5. Chemistry. of or noting one or more elements.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME elementare (< MF elementaire) < L elementārius. See element, -ary

Related forms:
el⋅e⋅men⋅tar⋅i⋅ly  [el-uh-men-ter-uh-lee] , adverb
el⋅e⋅men⋅ta⋅ri⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. Elementary, primary, rudimentary refer to what is basic and fundamental. Elementary refers to the introductory, simple, easy facts or parts of a subject that must necessarily be learned first in order to understand succeeding ones: elementary arithmetic. Primary may mean much the same as elementary; however, it usually emphasizes the idea of what comes first even more than that of simplicity: primary steps. Rudimentary applies to what is undeveloped or imperfect: a rudimentary form of government.
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