elementary
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1.5
- adjective
- /ˌɛlɪˈmɛnˌtɛri/
- US
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de primaria
- In elementary school, children learn basic math and reading skills.
- elementary school
- elementary teacher
- elementary students
And it's an old, I think elementary or middle school.
- And it's an old, I think elementary or middle school.
- My whole elementary years I had ESL classes.
- But that's just because she is a teacher who's gifted with teaching young kids, elementary kids.
- My friend Steve, my friend John who went to my school, my friend Keith, who I'd gone to elementary school with.
- Look in the middle school, high school, Otro elementary, middle school.
- Let's see, school district elementary or secondary?
- You know, at one time he was a, a student that, you know, we would call like a elementary, middle, high school student.
Examples
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Every year at Christmas... ...our elementary school did a pageant through the center of town.
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The setting of this study is a public elementary school in Louisiana built in the 1950s.
Academic text (2013) -
And it's an old, I think elementary or middle school.
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OK, Is that this is my, I think elementary school.
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I think in elementary, middle and high school, yeah.
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And I think it was late elementary and middle school.
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Okay, we're back in elementary school now, I got it.
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This commitment to free public elementary and secondary education.
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- Being bullied in elementary school was hard.
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We provide examples of how blogging is used at the elementary-school level during the writing process.
Academic text (2012)
Antonyms
Compounds
131
1.0
A school for children between five and eleven that teaches reading, writing, and basic math
- Specialized
3
6.5
A very small part of matter that you cannot break into smaller pieces, like an electron or quark
3
1.7
The first part of school that teaches reading, writing and math to young children
Study of basic shapes like triangles and circles and simple facts about lines and angles
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elementary comes from element (from Latin elementum) meaning 'basic part' or 'the first things to learn'. So an elementary school is where children learn the first, basic lessons.