Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To compound (something) out of elements.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To constitute and be the elements of (something).

Examples

269 sentences

  1. We'll have the element of surprise on our side.

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  2. How many elements are there?

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  3. We were in our element.

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  4. I'm out of my element here.

    Я тут не в своїй стихії. — deniko

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  5. I feel out of my element.

    Я відчуваю себе не в своїй тарілці. — glossboss

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Origin

From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first princ

From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).

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Forms

elements, elementing, elemented, elemented
Base formelement · to element
3rd person singularelements
Present participleelementing
Past simpleelemented
Past participleelemented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyelement
he, she, itelements

Past simpleLesson

all personselemented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave elemented
he, she, ithas elemented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill element

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtranselement

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
elegantB2elegantlyB2elegyelementalB2elementaryA1
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