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нача́льный — meaning in English

nachalnyy

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English meaning

  • elementary adj Simple and basic; easy to understand.
  • inchoate adj Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
  • incipient adj In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
  • initial adj Happening at the very start; first.
  • introductory adj Serving as an introduction; giving a basic overview before the main content.

Senses

нача́льный is used for these senses in English:

  • elementary Relating to an elementary school.
  • inchoate Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
  • incipient In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
  • initial Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
  • introductory Introducing; giving a preview or idea of.

elementary — full definition

  1. adj Simple and basic; easy to understand.
  2. adj Relating to the earliest stage of education (elementary school).

inchoate — full definition

  1. adj Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
  2. adj Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
  3. adj Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.

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