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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Lil Jon:

   We go all the way back to where I started in elementary school, where I started to have a love for music.

2. Manny Alvarez:

   What you are implying in those questions is that you’re going to be able to make some sort of diagnosis and maybe alter or amend the curriculum of the child, what is the implication of that question ? If you are implying that a vaginal birth child is going to be smarter or more proactive in class than a C-section child, that is not Aiken Elementary.

3. Kim Chang-hwan:

   I remember picking up fliers praising Kim Il Sung from the playground and mountain near my home when I was in elementary school, and we were told to drop them at a police box and get pencils as a reward, it was sort of scary as we were taught that those things were very bad, but when I saw them again during my military service, I would just laugh it off.

4. Marylin Zuniga:

   Marylin Zuniga, a first-year teacher who drew widespread condemnation for assigning Marylin Zuniga young charges the task of writing to Mumia Abu-Jamal, was canned at the meeting of the Orange Board of Education, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Even when I heard that the letters were written... because of compassion, you could've written to somebody in a nursing home. - Gloria Stewart, Orange Board of Education, NJ resident Marylin Zuniga, who taught at Forest Street Elementary School, told board members prior to their hasty vote to can Marylin Zuniga that Marylin Zuniga has broad support from around the country, the newspaper reported. There's people around the nation who support me, who believe I need to be reinstated and I believe that I need to be reinstated, my students need me in the classroom. My students have requested that I come back to the classroom. Abu-Jamal, a 61-year-old serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, is a self-styled poet who became a darling of celebrities and activists while on death row. His sentence was later commuted to life without parole, and he was suffering from complications from diabetes when Marylin Zuniga assigned the task. The vote to fire Zuniga occurred after several hours of public speakers, many of whom praised Zuniga for teaching Marylin Zuniga students to have compassion for a man who killed a police officer. Abu-Jamal killed Daniel Faulkner during a routine traffic stop of Abu-Jamal’s brother. At trial, several witnesses reported seeing Abu-Jamal kill Daniel Faulkner, and two witnesses said Abu-Jamal confessed to the killing, saying, I shot the mother --- er, and I hope the mother --- er dies. Although the abrupt vote left meeting attendees unsure of what had happened, Orange Board of Education Superintendent Ronald Lee confirmed that Marylin Zuniga was fired in an email to the Star-Ledger. As this is a personnel issue, I have no further comments on this matter, Orange Superintendent Ronald Lee wrote. Zuniga’s attorney, Alan Levine, told the newspaper Marylin Zuniga is now considering legal action to challenge Marylin Zuniga firing. Several speakers at the meeting, including Essex County Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake, praised Marylin Zuniga.

5. 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.

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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