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   elementary

   /ˌɛlɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the basic elements of a subject: "an elementary astronomy course" Similar basicrudimentaryfundamentalbasalprimarypreparatoryintroductoryinitiatoryearlyessentialradicalunderlyingrare:rudimentalOpposite advanced
   • ▪ of the most basic kind: "the elementary rights of citizenship" Similar basicrudimentaryfundamentalbasalprimarypreparatoryintroductoryinitiatoryearlyessentialradicalunderlyingrare:rudimentalOpposite advanced
   • 2. straightforward and uncomplicated: "a series of elementary exercises" Similar easysimplestraightforwarduncomplicatedundemandingunexactingeffortlesspainlessuninvolvedchild's playplain sailingrudimentaryfacilesimplisticinformal:as easy as falling off a logas easy as pieas easy as ABCa piece of cakeeasy-peasyno sweatkids' stuffOpposite difficultcomplicated
   • 3. not able to be decomposed into elements or other primary constituents.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘composed of the four elements, earth, air, fire, and water’): from Latin elementarius, from elementum ‘principle, rudiment’ (see element). Current senses date from the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. elementarily adverb
   • 2. elementariness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   • English (US)

     ELEMENTARY meaning: 1. basic: 2. relating to the early...

   • Elementary: Portuguese Translation

     ELEMENTARY translate: elementar, básico/-ca...

   • Elementary in Japanese

     elementary translate: 初歩の, 初等（しょとう）の, 基本（きほん）の. Learn more...

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     elementary translate: elemental. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Elementary in French

     elementary translate: élémentaire, élémentaire, élémentaire....

   • Elementary in Polish

     elementary translate: podstawowy, elementarny, podstawowy,...

   • Elementary in Korean

     ELEMENTARY translate: 초보의. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Elementary in Russian

     ELEMENTARY translate: основной, элементарный , начальный ....

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   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.

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   A puzzle that's a snap to solve could be called elementary. We can also say that something is elementary when it's a basic building block of something else: a good breakfast is elementary to healthy nutrition, for example.

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