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ELEMENTARY

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• ELEMENTARY (adjective)
The adjective ELEMENTARY has 2 senses:

1. easy and not involved or complicated
2. of or being the essential or basic part

Familiarity information: ELEMENTARY used as an adjective is rare.

• ELEMENTARY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Easy and not involved or complicated

Synonyms:

elementary; unproblematic; simple; uncomplicated

Context examples:

an elementary problem in statistics / elementary, my dear Watson / a simple game / found an uncomplicated solution to the problem

Similar:

easy (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Of or being the essential or basic part

Synonyms:

elementary; elemental; primary

Context example:

an elementary need for love and nurturing

Similar:

basic (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis)

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
(English proverb)
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
(Native American proverb, Cherokee)
"If you know then it's a disaster, and if you don't know then it's a greater disaster."
(Arabic proverb)
"A curse turns against the one who uttered it."
(Corsican proverb)

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