el • e • men • ta • ry / ,eb ' mentэri /
connected with the early stages of learning; not difficult
el • e • men • ta • ry school / ,eb ' mentэri
skul /
a school for children who are around five to eleven years old
Word building
In the U.S., children start elementary school when they are 5. The first year of this is called kindergarten
When children are around 11 years old, they move to middle school (or junior high school ), and when they reach the age of around 14, they start high school .
Each year of school is called a grade . When a child is around 6 years old they are in first grade , and the last year of high school is the twelfth grade .
el .e. phant
/ ' elэfэnt /
a very big, wild animal from Africa or Asia, with a long nose (called a trunk ) that hangs down
el • e • va • tion / ,eb ' veijn /
( geography ) the height of a place, especially its height
above the level of the ocean
el • e • va • tor / ' ebveitj?r /
a machine that takes people and things up and down in a high building
e .lev .en © / ilevsn/
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elf / elf /
el • i • gi • ble / ' di^bl /
allowed to do something, because you have the right skills, you are the right age, etc.
elephant
tusk
el • i • gi • bil • i • ty / ^Ызэ'Ыэй /
e • lim • i • nate aw / I ' ^э^й /
( e • lim • i nates, e • lim i nat • ing, e lim • i • nat • ed )
to remove something that is not needed or wanted
to stop someone from going further in a competition, etc. We lost both games, so our team was eliminated from the competition.
e • lite / I 'lit ; ei 'lit /
e • lope / I ' loup /
to run away secretly to get married
el • o • quent / ' elэkwэnt /
able to use language and express your opinions well
el • o • quent • ly / ' elэkwэntli / adverb He spoke eloquently about his work.
else Ф / els /
more; extra
different
if not, then
else • where / elswer /
in or to another place
elves
e-mail
( computers )
[ noncount ] a system for sending messages from one computer to another
[ count ] a message that is written on one computer and sent to another
e-mail ( also e • mail )
