Meaning of Rudiment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
   in-plural, often
2. A form that lacks full or complex development.
   in-plural, often
3. A body part that no longer has a function
4. In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

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Examples

“We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.”

“This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.”

“The very emphasis on reading readiness and on the methods employed to teach⟳ children the rudiments of reading has meant that the other, the higher, levels of reading have⟳ tended to be slighted.”

“I have⟳ the rudiments of an escape⟳ plan⟳.”

“But I will bring⟳ thee where thou soon shalt quit⟳ / Those rudiments, and see⟳ before thine eyes / The monarchies of the earth.”

“The single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.”

“Show⟳ me your rudiments.”

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