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- Dictionaryrudimentary/ˌruːdɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. involving or limited to basic principles: "he received a rudimentary education" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of RUDIMENTARY is consisting in first principles : fundamental. How to use rudimentary in a sentence.
RUDIMENTARY definition: 1. basic: 2. Rudimentary methods, equipment, systems, or body parts are simple and not very well…. Learn more.
RUDIMENTARY meaning: 1. basic: 2. Rudimentary methods, equipment, systems, or body parts are simple and not very well…. Learn more.
Rudimentary things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory. ...a kind of rudimentary kitchen. They are deprived of the ability to exercise the most rudimentary workers' rights. Rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest and most basic facts. He had only a rudimentary knowledge of French.
Rudimentary means basic, or at a very early stage. The test should be easy: it requires only a rudimentary understanding of the materials. The word rude means simple or offensive — and people with only rudimentary understanding of good manners might not know how that belching is rude.
1. Of or relating to basic facts or principles; elementary: I have only a rudimentary knowledge of Greek. 2. Being in an early stage of development or having a simple form: traveled upriver in a rudimentary boat. 3. Biology Imperfectly or incompletely developed: a mutant mouse with rudimentary claws. ru′di·men·tar′i·ly (-târ′ə-lē) adv.
(formal or specialist) not highly or fully developed synonym basic. Some dinosaurs had only rudimentary teeth. the most rudimentary forms of life. a very rudimentary writing system. See rudimentary in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: rudimentary.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word rudimentary, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
A complete guide to the word "RUDIMENTARY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Rudimentary things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory. The earth surface of the courtyard extended into a kind of rudimentary kitchen. Synonyms: primitive, simple, basic, rough More Synonyms of rudimentary. Rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest and most basic facts.
