Origin: Latin
suffix -ary
Rudimentary has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.
Adjective
1
being or involving basic facts or principles
"the fundamental laws of the universe"
"a fundamental incompatibility between them"
"these rudimentary truths"
"underlying principles"
2
being in the earliest stages of development
"rudimentary plans"
3
not fully developed in mature animals
"rudimentary wings"
4
Of or relating to one or more rudiments.
Example Sentences
"the fundamental laws of the universe"
adjective
"a fundamental incompatibility between them"
adjective
"these rudimentary truths"
adjective
"underlying principles"
adjective
"rudimentary plans"
adjective
"rudimentary wings"
adjective
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