basic element
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandelement
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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element
noun
uk/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition ofbasicandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first object which is a cube, represents verybasicelementof any solid part.
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Its mostbasicelementis sociality + the desire for relationships with our fellows.
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Temporality is thebasicelementin the organization of narrative structure.
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The mostbasicelementto consider is a comparison of human will versus spontaneous creation.
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In task based language teaching tasks for m thebasicelementin syllabus construction.
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That is thebasicelement.
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Besides its omission of identity, such a definition excludes what is unquestionably the mostbasicelementof sexuality: reproduction.
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As abasicelementof (population-specific) culture they indeed belong to the layer 'between instinct and reason'.
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To this extent the procedure, as we shall see, is in keeping with abasicelementof lawfulness.
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It is abasicelementof democracy.
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That is abasicelementof life.
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What is thebasicelementbinding them?
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Anotherbasicelementis the economic and social agenda.
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Marriage is thebasicelementof our society.
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That is thebasicelementof justice and fairness.
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That is thebasicelementin the policy.
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This is abasicelementof the decision.
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It is thebasicelementis our policy.
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Such rent attracts thebasicelementof housing subsidy.
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I had already made the point about thebasicelement.
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That is where the mostbasicelementof conflict arises.
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There could not be a morebasicelementthan carbon.
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The procyclicality of the price elasticity of demand is thebasicelementdriving the result that in equilibrium markups are countercyclical.
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