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{
"term": "elementary",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in or connected with the first stages of a course of study",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an elementary English course"
},
{
"text": "a book for elementary students"
},
{
"text": "at an elementary level"
},
{
"text": "I'm taking classes in elementary Italian."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "of the most basic kind",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's an elementary law of economics: the scarcer the commodity, the higher the price."
},
{
"text": "How could you make such an elementary mistake?"
},
{
"text": "I made some rather elementary mistakes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "very simple and easy",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "elementary questions"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌelɪˈmentri/",
"audio": "el/elementary/elementary__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌelɪˈmentri/",
"audio": "el/elementary/elementary__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 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."
}