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elementary is an adjective meaning "easy and not involved or complicated". It carries 3 recorded senses.
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”
of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education
“the elementary grades”
“elementary teachers”
of or being the essential or basic part
“an elementary need for love and nurturing”
“a basal reader”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for elementary come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.