elementary
[ el-uh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]
/ ˌɛl əˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /
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.
Origin of elementary
SYNONYMS FOR elementary
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM elementary
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH elementary
eleemosynary elementary (see synonym study at the current entry) elemental elementaryWords nearby elementary
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British Dictionary definitions for elementary
elementary
/ (ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) /
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 (def. 5)