What is elementary? How to use in English

Definition & pronunciation of elementary

elementaryadjective
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/ˌelɪˈmentri//ˌelɪˈmentri/

Where does the word elementary come from?

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘composed of the four elements, earth, air, fire, and water’): from Latin elementarius, from elementum ‘principle’, translating Greek stoikheion ‘step, component part’. Current senses date from the mid 16th cent.

Vocabulary summary elementary

type noun

meaning basic, rudimentary

meaning (chemistry) indivisible

meaning secondary school

Example of vocabulary elementarynamespace

in or connected with the first stages of a course of study

an elementary English course
a book for elementary students
at an elementary level
I'm taking classes in elementary Italian.

of the most basic kind

It's an elementary law of economics: the scarcer the commodity, the higher the price.
How could you make such an elementary mistake?
I made some rather elementary mistakes.

very simple and easy