Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: element
IPA transcription: ['ɛləmənt]
Pronunciations of element
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
    Meaning: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
  • Synonyms: component, constituent, element
    Meaning: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
  • Synonyms: chemical_element, element
    Meaning: any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
  • Synonyms: element
    Meaning: the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
Usage examples
  • To-night he was in his element.
  • "You must know it is not his element."
  • No experience having a meaning is possible without some element of thought.
  • An element added to the dress or to the diet heightens greatly the total gratification.
  • Again, is not the passionate element wholly set on ruling and conquering and getting fame?
  • Thinking is thus equivalent to an explicit rendering of the intelligent element in our experience.
  • So he's a pretty good rule-of-thumb astrogator, too, and we're computing every element of the flight.
  • It would be foolish, I know, to pretend to sum up Dostoevsky as a contortionist; but he has that element in him.
  • How many different accidents must have concurred to make them acquainted with the most common uses of this element?
  • A badly constituted grandeur in which are combined all the material elements and into which no moral element enters.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Markup language, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Catholic liturgy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Oxygen, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Alleyway, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helium, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Acid2, License CC BY-SA 4.0