elementary
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.
Origin of elementary
1synonym study For elementary
Other words from elementary
- el·e·men·tar·i·ly [el-uh-men-ter-uh-lee], /ˌɛl ə mɛnˈtɛr ə li/, adverb
- el·e·men·ta·ri·ness, noun
- non·el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
- post·el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
- pre·el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
- qua·si-el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
- su·per·el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
- trans·el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
- un·el·e·men·ta·ry, adjective
Words that may be confused with elementary
- elemental, elementary
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British Dictionary definitions for elementary
/ (ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) /
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 (def. 5)
Derived forms of elementary
- elementarily, adverb
- elementariness, noun
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