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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
Other 51Թ Forms
- elementarily adverb
- elementariness noun
- nonelementary adjective
- postelementary adjective
- preelementary adjective
- quasi-elementary adjective
- superelementary adjective
- transelementary adjective
- unelementary adjective
- ˌˈԳٲ adverb
- ˌˈԳٲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of elementary1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Because people get pretty testy when you accidentally smoke out an elementary school or old folks home, burn plans have to clear substantial hurdles presented by the California Environmental Quality Act and air quality regulators.
As for Josefina’s family, they decided that her husband — who immigrated from Mexico when he was in elementary school about 40 years ago — would return to work.
“Because you lived your whole life, elementary school to high school, everything done for you. Now, it’s like, you gotta figure stuff out yourself and just have to see where that takes you.”
Some teachers always have rotated from class to class and done fine — think about elementary music teachers, for example.
But in April federal agents were turned away by staff at two elementary schools.
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When To Use
Elementary describes the basics or beginning steps of something. Elementary lessons in soccer, for example, might include how to dribble the ball.The most common use of elementary in the US is in the phrase elementary school, the first few years of schooling, when the basics of reading, math, and other important subjects are taught. An elementary teacher is someone who teaches in elementary school and an elementary math book is a book with math lessons aimed at elementary schoolchildren.Elementary can also be used in the context of chemical elements, which are a class of substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances. In older scientific studies and belief systems, the Earth was believed to be elementarily comprised of four elements: earth, fire, water, and air.Related to that, something that is elementary is simple or uncompounded.Example: Times tables are simply elementary, so I do not need a calculator.
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