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el • e • men • ta • ry / ,eb ' mentэri / adjective

connected with the early stages of learning; not difficult an elementary dictionary elementary physics

el • e • men • ta • ry school / ,eb ' mentэri

skul / noun [ count, noncount ] ( also grade school )

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 / noun [count]

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 / noun [ count ]

( geography ) the height of a place, especially its height

above the level of the ocean

Denver is at an elevation of 5,280 feet.

el • e • va • tor / ' ebveitj?r / noun [ count ]

a machine that takes people and things up and down in a high building

Should we use the stairs or take the elevator ?

e .lev .en © / ilevsn/ number

11

► e • lev • enth / i 'ЬуэпЭ / pronoun, adjective, adverb, noun [ count ] 11th

elf / elf / noun [ count ] ( plural elves / elvz / ) a very small person in stories who has pointed ears and magic powers

el • i • gi • ble / ' di^bl / adjective

allowed to do something, because you have the right skills, you are the right age, etc.

You need a degree in biology to be eligible for the program.

elephant

tusk

When are you eligible to vote in your country?

el • i • gi • bil • i • ty / ^Ызэ'Ыэй / noun [ noncount ]

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 We must try to eliminate waste.

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 / noun [ count ] a group of people who are thought to be the best or most important because they are rich, intelligent, etc. the ruling elite (= the people that control the area, the country, etc. )

an elite group of business leaders

e • lope / I ' loup / verb ( e • lopes , e • lop • ing , e • loped )

to run away secretly to get married

el • o • quent / ' elэkwэnt / adjective

( formal )

able to use language and express your opinions well an eloquent speech

el • o • quent • ly / ' elэkwэntli / adverb He spoke eloquently about his work.

else Ф / els / adverb

more; extra

What else would you like? Is anyone else coming to the party?

different

This cafe's full; let's go somewhere else . It's not mine — it must be someone else's . There was nothing else to eat, so we had eggs again. or else

if not, then

Go now, or else you'll be late. —SYNONYM otherwise

else • where / elswer / adverb

( formal )

in or to another place

He can't find a job near home, so he's looking elsewhere.

elves

plural of elf

e-mail О ( also e • mail ) / ' imeil / noun

( computers )

[ noncount ] a system for sending messages from one computer to another

to send a message by e-mail What's your e-mail address ?

[ count ] a message that is written on one computer and sent to another

I'll send you an e-mail.

e-mail ( also e • mail ) verb