elementary

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or constituting the basic, essential, or fundamental part: an elementary need for love and nurturing.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or involving the fundamental or simplest aspects of a subject: an elementary problem in statistics.
  3. adjective Of or relating to an elementary school or elementary education: the elementary grades; elementary teachers.

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  • So let's not take them away for an indefinite period. —  The Legacy of Heorot
  • We sat on lawn chairs and I set out beer and low-fat pretzels that two-hundred-seventy-pound Jerome scoffed at. —  Pop Goes The Weasel
  • "Are you sure the Ubara sacrifice was -elementary, " I asked. —  Cinnamon Roll
  • An elementary point, to be sure, but sometimes the elementary should be aired. —  Latest Articles
  • (atomic) facts: if x is elementary, then x is true iff x corresponds to some (atomic) fact. —  The Correspondence Theory of Truth
 

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  1. = Dutch elementair = German elementar (in comp.), also elementarisch = Danish elementær = Swedish elementär (D. Danish Swedish after F.) (Danish Swedish also elementar in comp.) = French élémentaire = Provencal Spanish Portuguese elementar, Portuguese also elementario = Italian elementare, elementario, from Latin elementarius, belonging to the elements or rudiments, from elementum, element, rudiment: see element.
 

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