elementary

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/ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi/

adj 5noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

high, junior, primary

My daughter just started at the local elementary school this September.

VERB + ELEMENTARY

back, became, cakes, go, goes, grade, made, miss

My daughter goes to elementary school two blocks away from our house.

ELEMENTARY + NOUN

children, days, mary, middle, nagoya, particles, school, south-west

My elementary school was just a few blocks away from my house.

PREP.

during, from, in, in, since

My daughter has been in elementary school since last September.

ADV.

such

Learning to read was such an elementary skill that most children picked it up by age six.

Definitions

adj

Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.

Very simple.

Relating to an elementary school.

Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.

Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.

noun

Ellipsis of elementary school.

At Lakeside Elementary I learned to appreciate the forest.

He was my dentist. My mom took me to him back in elementary and junior high.

A supernatural being associated with the elements.

The demon (or elementary) of the South-West wind was particularly dreaded, as being the gini of fever and madness.

[…] the spiritual man is either translated like Enoch and Elias to the higher state, or falls down lower than an elementary again […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — easy and not involved or complicated

simple
uncomplicated
unproblematic

adjective — of or being the essential or basic part

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.

Wiktionary

At Lakeside Elementary I learned to appreciate the forest.

Wiktionary

He was my dentist. My mom took me to him back in elementary and junior high.

Wiktionary

The demon (or elementary) of the South-West wind was particularly dreaded, as being the gini of fever and madness.

Wiktionary

In her elementary school days, Mary dreamed of becoming a teacher.

Tatoeba · #31915

There used to be an elementary school here.

Tatoeba · #61782

Usage Notes

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In some senses, elementary is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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