{
    "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."
}