element
noun
a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis.
elements
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pluralof element.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But acknowledging a property’s cheesy elements isn’t the same as generating consistent laughs from the situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The project was funded by Croydon Council as a public asset, and a change in building regulations meant it "fought against five or six circumstantial elements beyond the normal challenges".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The prolific novelist and short-story writer Joyce Carol Oates introduces readers to Julia, one half of a couple whose long marriage has come to contain strange, submerged, undiscussable elements in “The Disappearing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Samples from Chang'e-6 contain extremely low concentrations of rare earth elements and have lower thorium-to-samarium ratios, expressed as Th/Sm, than their Apollo counterparts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Because music must be heard over a period of time, rhythm is one of the most basic elements of music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
