rudimentary knowledge

collocation in English

meaningsofrudimentaryandknowledge

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rudimentary
adjective
uk
/ˌruː.dɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌruː.dəˈmen.tər.i/
basic:
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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofrudimentaryandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrudimentary knowledge

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As is widely appreciated in the industry, most pension funds lack even arudimentaryknowledgeof advanced financial instruments.
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With regard to the latter, there was only veryrudimentaryknowledgeand information available.
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This study adds to our ratherrudimentaryknowledgebase about end-of-life care in long-term-care settings.
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At the time the costs of travelling were still significant and at least arudimentaryknowledgeof foreign languages was required.
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Obviously it will be necessary for somerudimentaryknowledgeof the game to be possessed by the police.
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Even so, they must have somerudimentaryknowledge, some foundation of education, to enable them to operate machines.
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The only military training considered necessary for band boys is arudimentaryknowledgeof drill.
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Many people do not even have therudimentaryknowledgewhich discourages them from putting all their eggs in one basket.
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Therefore, all children should be given at least arudimentaryknowledgeof that in the schools.
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Both secretaries and executives are often unable to spell correctly or punctuate and possess only arudimentaryknowledgeof grammar.
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Accidents and lasting damage can generally be avoided by very simple security precautions and arudimentaryknowledgeof the human anatomy.
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They may have been highly trained or possessed only arudimentaryknowledgeof obstetrics.
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He hadrudimentaryknowledgein his own words.
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I make songs and music with my voice andrudimentaryknowledgeof instruments.
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