ELEMENTARY DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
elementary adj 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" [syn: elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic] 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" [syn: elementary, elemental, primary] elementary - celob Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) elementary adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. of, relating to, or dealing with the simplest elements or principles of something <an elementary course> b. of or relating to an elementary school <an elementary curriculum> 2. elemental 1a, b 3. elemental 2 • elementarily adverb • elementariness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary elementary Something that is elementary is very simple and basic. ...elementary computer skills. = basic ADJ: usu ADJ n English Explanatory Dictionary elementary ˌelɪˈmentərɪ adj. 1 a dealing with or arising from the simplest facts of a subject; rudimentary, introductory. b simple. 2 Chem. not decomposable. øelementary particle Physics any of several subatomic particles supposedly not decomposable into simpler ones. elementary school a school in which elementary subjects are taught to young children. øøelementarily adv. elementariness n. [ME f. L elementarius (as ELEMENT)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Elementary \El`e*men"ta*ry\, a. [L. elementarius: cf. F. ['e]l['e]mentaire.] 1. Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance. 2. Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise. 3. Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. ``Some luminous and fiery impressions in the elementary region.'' --J. Spencer. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms elementary a. 1. Simple, uncompounded. 2. Rudimentary, rudimental, primary. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) elementary ˌelɪˈmentərɪ adj. 1 simple, rudimentary, easy, straightforward, uncomplicated, clear, understandable, plain: This is an elementary mistake which most beginners make. 2 basic, fundamental, primary, introductory, initial, beginning; elemental: She received her elementary education in France. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 134 Moby Thesaurus words for "elementary": ab ovo, abecedarian, aboriginal, acid, alkali, antenatal, austere, autochthonous, bare, basal, basic, basilar, beginning, biochemical, budding, central, chaste, chemical, chemicobiological, chemicoengineering, chemicomineralogical, chemicophysical, chemurgic, clear, component, constituent, constitutive, copolymeric, copolymerous, creative, crucial, dimeric, dimerous, easy, electrochemical, elemental, embryonic, essential, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, generative, genetic, germinal, gestatory, gut, heteromerous, homely, homespun, homogeneous, in embryo, in its infancy, in ovo, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, indivisible, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, integral, integrant, introductory, inventive, irreducible, isomerous, macrochemical, material, mere, metameric, monolithic, monomerous, nascent, natal, nonacid, of a piece, of the essence, original, parturient, photochemical, physicochemical, phytochemical, plain, polymeric, postnatal, prefatory, pregnant, preliminary, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primordial, pristine, procreative, protogenic, pure, pure and simple, radical, radiochemical, rude, rudimental, rudimentary, seminal, severe, simon-pure, simple, single, spare, stark, straightforward, substantial, substantive, thermochemical, unadorned, uncluttered, uncomplicated, underlying, understandable, undifferenced, undifferentiated, uniform, unsubtle, ur |
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