elements
/ˈɛləmənts/ noun B1- The weather, such as wind or rain; environmental conditions considered as a source of danger, wear, etc. · This artifact was found deep in a cave where it was protected from the elements.· Shelter from the elements is a basic survival need for humans.
- The basic tenets of an area of knowledge, basics, fundamentals.
- The bread and wine of the Eucharist.
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By the end of the term Anne and Gilbert were both promoted into the fifth class and allowed to begin studying the elements of “the branches”--by which Latin, geometry, French, and algebra were meant.
He was safely sheltered, and yet he felt dizzy in the midst of the warring of the elements and the dazzling brightness of the lightning.
Historic thoroughfares were quickly relegated to mere nostalgic relics, their bustling diners and quirky roadside attractions abandoned to the relentless natural elements.
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