RUDIMENTARY


Meaning of RUDIMENTARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌrü-də-ˈmen-tə-rē, -ˈmen-trē ]

adjective

Date: 1839

1. : consisting in first principles : fundamental

had only a rudimentary formal education — D. J. Boorstin

2. : of a primitive kind

the equipment of these past empire-builders was rudimentary — A. J. Toynbee

3. : very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige

the rudimentary tail of a hyrax

• ru·di·men·tar·i·ly -ˌmen-ˈter-ə-lē, -ˈmen-trə-lē adverb

• ru·di·men·ta·ri·ness -ˈmen-tə-rē-nəs, -ˈmen-trē- noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.