elementary

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adj. very easy to do or understand.

adj. straightforward and requiring only basic skills or knowledge to resolve.

“The mistake was so elementary that even a beginner would have noticed it.”

“The detective dismissed the clue as an elementary attempt to mislead the investigation, noting its lack of sophistication.”

B1 · Intermediate American English

adj. relating to the first years of a child's education.

adj. pertaining to the initial stages of formal education, typically for children between the ages of five and eleven.

“She has been an elementary school teacher for over twenty years.”

“The district is proposing a significant increase in funding for elementary education to reduce average class sizes in the early grades.”

C1 · Advanced Science Technical

adj. describing the simplest parts of matter that cannot be broken down further.

adj. relating to or being an irreducible constituent of a physical system, such as a chemical element or a subatomic particle.

“An electron is an elementary particle because it is not made of smaller parts.”

“The laboratory focuses on the interactions between elementary particles, seeking to understand the forces that govern the subatomic world.”