elementary
/ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very simple.
adj
Relating to an elementary school.
adj
Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
adj
Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
adj
Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
adj
Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
adj
Fundamental: serving as a building block for more complicated structures or processes.
Example Sentences
- "It is clear, therefore, that idealism contradicts the most elementary scientific knowledge and is contrary to all progress, whether social or intellectual."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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 […]"
Etymology
From Middle English elementare, from Latin elementārius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire. By surface analysis, element + -ary.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: elementare, elementārius
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/
- British English: /ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəɹi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more elementary (comparative)
most elementary (superlative)
elementar (alternative, obsolete)
elem (alternative, Philippines)
elementaries (plural)