RUDIMENTARY


Meaning of RUDIMENTARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ru:dɪmentri ]

1.

Rudimentary things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory. ( FORMAL )

...a kind of rudimentary kitchen...

ADJ

2.

Rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest and most basic facts. ( FORMAL )

He had only a rudimentary knowledge of French.

= basic

ADJ

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