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el·e·men·ta·ry

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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

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el·e·men·tar·i·ly

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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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el·e·men·ta·ry Audio Help (ěl'ə-měn'tə-rē, -trē) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or constituting the basic, essential, or fundamental part: an elementary need for love and nurturing.
Of, relating to, or involving the fundamental or simplest aspects of a subject: an elementary problem in statistics.
Of or relating to an elementary school or elementary education: the elementary grades; elementary teachers.

el'e·men·ta'ri·ly (-těr'ə-lē) adv., el'e·men'ta·ri·ness n.

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elementary
adjective
1.	easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
2.	of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary teachers"
3.	of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˌeleˈmentary [-ˈmen-] adjective

very simple; not advanced
Example: elementary mathematics

Arabic:	أساسي، إبْتِدائي
Chinese (Simplified):	初级的
Chinese (Traditional):	初級的
Czech:	elementární
Danish:	elementær; grundlæggende; basal; grund-
Dutch:	elementair
Estonian:	alg-, liht-, elementaarne
Finnish:	alkeis-, perus-
French:	élémentaire
German:	grundlegend
Greek:	στοιχειώδης
Hungarian:	elemi
Icelandic:	undirstöðu-
Indonesian:	elementer
Italian:	elementare

Japanese:	初歩の
Korean:	초보의
Latvian:	elementārs
Lithuanian:	elementarus, pradinis
Norwegian:	enkelt, elementært
Polish:	podstawowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	elementar
Portuguese (Portugal):	elementar
Romanian:	elementar
Russian:	элементарный
Slovak:	elementárny
Slovenian:	osnoven
Spanish:	elemental, básico
Swedish:	elementär, enkel, nybörjar-
Turkish:	basit

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