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Synonyms: clement, klement

Antonyms: clement, klement

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. One of the simplest or essential [[part]]s or [[principle]]s of which anything [[consist]]s, or upon which the [[constitution]] or [[fundamental]] [[power]]s of anything are [[base]]d.
  2. A small part of the whole.
  3. A small but present amount of a [[quality]], a [[hint]].
  4. A [[factor]], one of the [[condition]]s [[contribute|contributing]] to a [[result]].
  5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[sky]].
  6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Any one of the [[heavenly]] [[sphere]]s believed to carry the [[celestial body|celestial bodies]] in [[premodern]] [[cosmology]].
  7. {{senseid|en|atmospheric forces}}{{lb|en|in the plural only|with "the"}} Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  8. {{senseid|en|suitable environment}} A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
  9. {{lb|en|Christianity|usually|in the plural}} The [[bread]] and [[wine]] taken at [[Holy Communion]].
  10. {{senseid|en|group of people}} A group of people within a larger group having a particular common [[characteristic]].
  11. {{lb|en|in the plural only}} The basic [[principle]]s of a [[field]] of [[knowledge]], [[basic]]s, [[fundamental]]s, [[rudiment]]s.
  12. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high [[resistance]], thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.

Verb

  1. {{senseid|en|compound}} To [[compound#Verb|compound]] {{gl|something}} out of [[#Noun|elements]].
  2. To [[constitute]] and be the elements of (something).

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