element

beginning

Usage

  • elementary

    The elementary parts of something you learn are the simplest, beginning, and first things that you learn about it.

  • element

    One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

  • elemental

    Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air.

  • elements

    pure substances, such as oxygen and gold,, that comprise the Periodic Table

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