We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
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Rudiment
/ˈɹuːdɪmənt/
Synonyms for "rudiment" (74 found)
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8 entriesbasic skillbasic vocabularycore conceptcore grammarfoundational principlerudimentary limbsimple proceduresvestigial organ
Collocations
6 entriesbasic rudimentfundamental rudimentrudimentary conceptsrudimentary knowledgerudiments ofthe rudiments
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- perusajatus noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
- peruskuvio noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
French
1 entries- rudiment noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
German
1 entries- Ansatz noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
Spanish
1 entries- rudimento noun (sthg. in undeveloped form)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
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The very emphasis on reading readiness and on the methods employed to teach children the rudiments of reading has meant that the other, the higher, levels of reading have tended to be slighted.
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I have the rudiments of an escape plan.
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