ELEMENTARY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of elementary in English elementaryadjective uk /ˌel.ɪˈmen.tər.i/ us /ˌel.əˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/ Add to word list Add to word list basic: elementary knowledge I have an elementary knowledge of physics.elementary mistake They made some elementary mistakes. Millions of travellers fail to take even the most elementary of precautions. Synonyms basic (SIMPLE) crude (SIMPLE) inchoate literary rough (POOR QUALITY) rough and ready rude (SIMPLE) old use or literary rudimentary formal simple (PLAIN) undeveloped unrefined unsophisticated basic knowledge, understanding, etc.

• basicI just need some basic information.
• elementaryI started an elementary-level art history course.
• fundamentalOne of the most fundamental principles of the rule of law is that one person cannot be punished for the actions of another.
• rudimentaryThey have only the most rudimentary grasp of the language.
• essentialWe have been able to determine the essential nature of a healthy diet.
• underlyingThe underlying idea is that having freedom is valuable.

See more results » B1 relating to the early stages of studying a subject: This book contains a series of elementary exercises for learners. Easiness and simplicity

• (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
• a walk in the park idiom
• accessibility
• as easy as falling off a log idiom
• at the push of a button idiom
• at the stroke of a pen idiom
• foolproof
• frictionless
• frictionlessly
• friendly
• gift
• over-simply
• painlessly
• painting
• painting by numbers idiom
• the path of least resistance idiom
• walk
• walk into something phrasal verb
• wieldy
• with your eyes closed/shut idiom

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Crude and basic (Definition of elementary from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

elementary | American Dictionary

elementaryadjective us /ˌel·əˈmen·tri, -ˈmen·tə·ri/

elementary adjective (BASIC)

Add to word list Add to word list simple or easy; basic: I’m taking a course in elementary Russian.

elementary adjective (OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE)

[ not gradable ]   chemistry, physics relating to the chemical elements: The elementary charge (= the electrical charge in the nuclear material of an element) is one of the constants that characterizes the basic particles of matter. (Definition of elementary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of elementary

elementary Prediction of elementary school children's externalizing problem behaviors from attentional and behavioral regulation and negative emotionality. From the Cambridge English Corpus Assessment of parenting practices in families of elementary school-age children. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moderate headway can be made by elementary means and a great deal of algebra. From the Cambridge English Corpus W be the family of 001 answers of the elementary classifiers for all values. From the Cambridge English Corpus The robot has actuators to per form the elementary actions. From the Cambridge English Corpus Chapter 2 deals with lists, and covers most of the elementary list processing functions, together with a fairly comprehensive treatment of sorting. From the Cambridge English Corpus We are going to illustrate the ideas that can be used to build elementary widening operators over such subsets. From the Cambridge English Corpus The presentation uses only 'elementary' mathematics; nevertheless, readers will find that considerable mathematical maturity will be necessary. From the Cambridge English Corpus The seven- and ten-year-olds were recruited from several public elementary schools, and from one parochial school. From the Cambridge English Corpus We also consider strengthening the guarantees of the library for elementary and full validity. From the Cambridge English Corpus By choosing other translations, the generated library enforces weak, elementary, or full validity. From the Cambridge English Corpus An addition of a child element is an elementary transformation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Initial experiments with the more elaborate static scheme for elementary validity outlined in section 6.1 yield quite natural and precise typings, too. From the Cambridge English Corpus The instantiations are huge: the substitutions for intermediate variables on the ' top floor' of the type will have non-elementary size. From the Cambridge English Corpus We overcome this difficulty with rather elementary techniques. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of elementary These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of elementary?

Translations of elementary

in Chinese (Traditional) 基本的, 初級的, 基礎的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 基本的, 初级的, 基础的… See more in Spanish elemental, básico, elemental [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese elementar, básico/-ca [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian प्राथमिक, एखाद्या विषयाच्या अभ्यासाच्या सुरुवातीच्या टप्प्यांशी संबंधित… See more 初歩の, 初等（しょとう）の, 基本（きほん）の… See more temel, başlangıç, basit… See more élémentaire… See more elemental… See more elementair… See more அடிப்படை, ஒரு பாடத்தைப் படிப்பதற்கான ஆரம்ப கட்டங்களுடன் தொடர்புடையது… See more प्राथमिक, प्रारंभिक, (शिक्षा का) प्रारंभिक… See more પાયાનું, પ્રારંભિક… See more elementær, grundlæggende, basal… See more elementär, enkel, nybörjar-… See more asas… See more grundlegend… See more grunnskole-, grunn-, elementær… See more بنیادی, ابتدائی… See more елементарний, первинний… See more ప్రాథమిక, ఒక విషయాన్ని అధ్యయనం చేసే ప్రారంభ దశలకు సంబంధించినది… See more প্রাথমিক, মৌলিক… See more elementární… See more elementer… See more ขั้นต้น… See more cơ bản… See more podstawowy, elementarny, początkujący… See more 초보의… See more elementare… See more Need a translator?

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