Definitions for elementary
ˌɛl əˈmɛn tə ri, -triel·e·men·ta·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematicadjective

   easy and not involved or complicated

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

2. elementaryadjective

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education

   "the elementary grades"; "elementary teachers"

3. elementary, elemental, primaryadjective

   of or being the essential or basic part

   "an elementary need for love and nurturing"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. elementaryadjective

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

2. elementaryadjective

   Relating to an elementary school.

3. elementaryadjective

   Relating to a subatomic particle.

4. elementaryadjective

   Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elementaryadjective

   Uncompounded; having only one principle or constituent part.

   Etymology: from elementary.

   All rain water contains in it a copious sediment of terrestrial matter, and is not a simple elementary water. John Ray, on the Creat.

   The elementary salts of animals are not the same as they appear by distillation. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

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1. elementary

   Elementary refers to the most basic or foundational level of something. It can pertain to knowledge, skills, principles, or education that form part of the fundamental or primary aspect of a subject, field, or domain. It is also used to describe something that is simple, straightforward, or uncomplicated.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Elementaryadjective

   having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance

2. Elementaryadjective

   pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise

3. Elementaryadjective

   pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire

4. Etymology: [L. elementarius: cf. F. lmentaire.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ELEMENTARY

   In computational complexity theory, the complexity class ELEMENTARY of elementary recursive functions is the union of the classes in the exponential hierarchy. The name was coined by László Kalmár, in the context of recursive functions and undecidability; most problems in it are far from elementary. Some natural recursive problems lie outside ELEMENTARY, and are thus NONELEMENTARY. Most notably, there are primitive recursive problems which are not in ELEMENTARY. We know Whereas ELEMENTARY contains bounded applications of exponentiation, PR allows more general hyper operators which are not contained in ELEMENTARY.

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1. elementary

   A fundamental element.

   Elementary, primary, rudimentary refer to what is basic and fundamental.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 25, 2020  

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How to pronounce elementary?

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How to say elementary in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elementary in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elementary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of elementary in a Sentence

1. Albert Einstein:

   If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.

2. Brent Probinsky:

   The paddling was illegal and a criminal battery, what message are we sending to other teachers who now believe they will suffer no criminal consequences if they paddle our elementary school children, some severely, even for the smallest of infractions ?

3. Public Safety Director Steven McCraw:

   In public testimony before the Senate Committee to Protect Texas, I stated that the law enforcement response to the active shooter attack at Robb Elementary School was an abject failure.

4. John Burkey:

   I think we're still in the infancy of this, it's still such a new thing, and we're all excited about it. My own kids are still in elementary and middle school, so they have not done blended learning yet, but they definitely will when they get to high school.

5. Melissa Swanson:

   The thing that was so disturbing was it was children, whether they are high school, elementary school or middle school – they’re children. The administration, the coaches, the athletic director – they had to know it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=elementary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elementary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=elementary
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=elementary
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=elementary