Elements - English meaning

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Usage examples:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

noun

A part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle.

Usage examples:

An assembly plant for imported components

adjective

Constituting part of a larger whole; constituent.

Usage examples:

The component elements of the armed forces

One of the individual parts making up a larger entity

adjective

Being a part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The constituent minerals of the rock

noun

A member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body.

Usage examples:

The mp is playing on his constituents' sense of regional identity to win votes

noun

A person represented by an elected official

Usage examples:

The senator mails a newsletter to his constituents every two months., oxygen is a constituent of air.

noun

An individual fact or item.

Usage examples:

We shall consider every detail of the bill

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

noun

A particular fact or item of information, often noticed only after giving something your close attention, or such facts or items considered as a group

Usage examples:

[ c ] we have a report of a serious accident on route 23, but so far no details., [ u ] she showed …

adjective

Absolutely necessary; extremely important.

Usage examples:

It is essential to keep up-to-date records

noun

A thing that is absolutely necessary.

Usage examples:

We only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment

adjective

Extremely important or necessary

Usage examples:

A knowledge of spanish is essential for this job., there is an essential difference between the two…

noun

One side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem.

Usage examples:

A blue and green jewel that shines from a million facets

noun

One of the parts or features of something

Usage examples:

There’s always one facet of my golf game that isn’t working.

noun

A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.

Usage examples:

His skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved

verb

Another term for factorize.

Usage examples:

Last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long

noun

A fact or situation that influences a result

Usage examples:

Economic factors had a lot to do with their decision to sell the company., in 6×3=18, 6 and 3 are f…

noun

A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.

Usage examples:

A well-appointed house with interesting decorative features

verb

Have as a prominent attribute or aspect.

Usage examples:

The hotel features a large lounge, a sauna, and a coin-operated solarium

noun

A noticeable or important characteristic or part

Usage examples:

This car has excellent safety features., she has fine, delicate features (= parts of the face)., th…

noun

Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish.

Usage examples:

Mix all of the ingredients together

noun

One of the parts in a mixture

Usage examples:

Combine all the ingredients for the stew., fig. she viewed color as an essential ingredient of good…

noun

One of the parts of something that is needed in order for a particular job, business, etc. to succeed

Usage examples:

Basic/key/main ingredient policymakers see capital investment as a key ingredient in an economic re…

noun

A function that is to be integrated.

Usage examples:

From this point of view a curve or a surface can be identified with a linear functional over the cl…

noun

An individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set.

Usage examples:

The items on the agenda

adverb

Used to introduce each item in a list.

Usage examples:

Item two statute books … item two drums

noun

One thing that is a part of a list or a collection of things

Usage examples:

There were several more items on the agenda., a news item in this morning’s newspaper, basic food i…

noun

A person, animal, or plant belonging to a particular group.

Usage examples:

Interest from members of the public

noun

A person or thing that is part of a group

Usage examples:

She’s a member of our team., the lion is a member of the cat family.

noun

A person, company, or country that belongs to a group or organization

Usage examples:

A member of sth she is a member of the bank of england's monetary policy committee., former/existin…

noun

Each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building.

Usage examples:

Ships are now built in modules rather than built in a whole from the base up

noun

One of a set of separate parts that can be joined together to form a larger object

Usage examples:

The reactor was built in modules that were assembled later at the site.

noun

One of a set of separate parts which, when combined, form a complete whole

Usage examples:

The emergency generator is transported in individual modules, which are then put together on site.,…

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder

verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

Dad always reads the sports section of the newspaper., he lived in a poor section of town., you’ll …

noun

Each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.

Usage examples:

A large segment of the local population

verb

Divide (something) into separate parts or sections.

Usage examples:

The unemployed are segmented into two groups

One of several parts that fit with others to make a whole

noun

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

Usage examples:

These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail snow, thunder and lightning.

verb

Move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She burst into tears and stormed off

noun

An extreme weather condition with strong winds and heavy rain or snow

Usage examples:

The storm left over a foot of snow on the ground., the new rent regulations raised a storm of criti…

verb

Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.

Usage examples:

Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun

The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.

Usage examples:

A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun

A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

Usage examples:

Strands of coloured wool

noun

The general weather conditions usually found in a particular place

Usage examples:

[ c ] my parents like the warm, dry climate of arizona., there’s never been a climate of trust betw…

noun

The type of situation that exists at a particular time, including the feelings and opinions that are common

Usage examples:

Political/business/social climate most companies favour a stable business climate over such inducem…

noun

Drops of water that fall from clouds

Usage examples:

It looks like rain (= as if rain is going to fall)., a rainy afternoon, debris from the explosion r…

idiom

Not completely well

Usage examples:

I noticed that the cat was looking a little under the weather.

idiom

If something is in the wind, people are talking about it and it may happen, but no one is sure

Usage examples:

Rumours of a takeover are in the wind., the suspects are in the wind.

noun

An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole.

Usage examples:

Large areas of land made up of smaller units

A single undivided whole