elementnoun
uk/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us/ˈel.ə.mənt/element noun (PART)
B2 [ C ] a part of something:
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- subversive elements in society
- All these different political elements have somehow been yoked together to form a new alliance.
- They've introduced all sorts of new elements to that programme in order to broaden its appeal.
- Reactionary elements in the industry are preventing its progress towards greater efficiency.
- The television adverts were, of course, an important element of the campaign.
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Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- body
- branch
- cartridge
- chunk
- compartment
- item
- module
- neck
- piece
- section
- segment
- segmental
- side
- snatch
- spare
- sub
- subsection
- third
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element noun (AMOUNT)
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- There's always an element of subjectivity in decision-making.
- There's an element of calculation in his behaviour that makes me distrust him.
- There's always an element of sexual innuendo in our conversations.
- I detected an element of envy in what he said.
- There was possibly an element of truth in her accusations.
C2 a small amount of an emotion or quality:
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General words for size and amount
- -sized
- a whole lot idiom
- amount
- bulk
- content
- count
- degree
- flow
- load
- measure
- number
- part
- quantity
- quota
- ration
- scale
- size
- small-scale
- strength
- take
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element noun (SIMPLE SUBSTANCE)
B2 [ C ] a simple substance that cannot be reduced to smaller chemical parts:
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Chemical elements
- alkali metal
- antimony
- calcium
- carbonic
- carbonic acid
- cesium
- cl
- graphene
- lithium
- nickel
- plutonium
- quicksilver
- selenium
- strontium
- sulphur
- transition metal
- urea
- vanadium
- xenon
- zinc
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element noun (EARTH, AIR, ETC.)
[ C ] earth, air, fire, and water from which people in the past believed everything else was made
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Chemical elements
- alkali metal
- antimony
- calcium
- carbonic
- carbonic acid
- cesium
- cl
- graphene
- lithium
- nickel
- plutonium
- quicksilver
- selenium
- strontium
- sulphur
- transition metal
- urea
- vanadium
- xenon
- zinc
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element noun (WEATHER)
the weather, usually bad weather:
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Weather & climate - general words
- ambient
- aneroid barometer
- atmospherics
- aurora
- barometer
- barometric pressure
- climatic
- clime
- frontal system
- glass
- low-pressure
- meteorology
- microclimate
- pollen count
- rarefied
- the aurora australis
- the Met Office
- weather
- weather station
- zone
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element noun (ELECTRICAL PART)
[ C ] the part of an electrical device that produces heat:
[ C, C ] UK usually ring a circular piece of material often made of metal that can be heated in order to be used for cooking:
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrics
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- LED display
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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