n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: ESSENTIAL 1, basic, fundamental, part and parcel, rudiment
2 one of the parts, substances, or principles that make up a compound or complex whole FF1C; analyzed the various elements of the problem FF1E;
Synonyms: component, constituent, factor, ingredient; compare POINT 1
Related Words: fundamental, principle; item, member, part, particle, piece, portion; detail, particular; aspect, facet, feature, view
Contrasted Words: bulk, mass, volume; entirety, whole; sum, total, totality
Antonyms: composite, compound
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elements plural
Synonyms: ALPHABET 2, ABC's, fundamentals, grammar, principles, rudiments
Related Words: basics, basis, foundations, groundwork; outlines
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Synonyms: POINT 1, article, detail, item, particular, thing
Related Words: division, member, section, sector, segment