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    ba·sic
    [ˈbāsik]
    adjective
    basic (adjective)
    1. forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental:
      "certain basic rules must be obeyed" · "the laying down of arms is basic to the agreement"
      • offering or consisting in the minimum required without elaboration or luxury; simplest or lowest in level:
        "the food was good, if a bit basic" · "basic and unsophisticated resorts"
      • common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable:
        "basic human rights"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        informal
        derogatory
        having tastes, interests, or attitudes regarded as mainstream or conventional (typically used of a woman):
        "if your date orders vegetable tempura you know she is totally basic"
    2. chemistry
      having the properties of a base, or containing a base; having a pH greater than 7. Often contrasted with acid or acidic; compare with alkaline.
      "these salts yield basic solutions comparable in strength with the mineral alkalis"
      • geology
        (of rock, especially igneous rock) relatively poor in silica:
        "a coarse-grained, basic, plutonic rock"
      • metallurgy
        relating to or denoting steelmaking processes involving lime-rich refractories and slags.
    noun
    informal
    (basics)
    basics (plural noun) · basic (noun)
    1. the essential facts or principles of a subject or skill:
      "learning the basics of the business" · "storytelling has re-emerged as people have turned back to basics"
      • essential food and other supplies:
        "people are facing a shortage of basics like flour"
      • military
        basic training.
    Origin
    mid 19th century: from base + -ic.
    BASIC
    [ˈbāsik]
    noun
    BASIC (noun)
    1. a simple high-level computer programming language that uses familiar English words, designed for beginners and formerly used widely:
      "you could write your own software in the BASIC programming language"
    Origin
    1960s: acronym from Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
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    adjective
    1. forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental:
      fundamental
      rudimentary
      primary
      principal
      cardinal
      chief
      elementary
      elemental
      root
      central
      pivotal
      critical
      key
      focal
      salient
      staple
      essential
      quintessential
      bare-bones
      stripped down
      cut down
      vital
      necessary
      indispensable
      foundational
      intrinsic
      underlying
      ingrained
      Opposite:
      secondary
      unimportant
    noun
    1. the essential facts or principles of a subject or skill:
      fundamentals
      essentials
      rudiments
      principles
      first principles
      foundations
      preliminaries
      groundwork
      essence
      basis
      core
      kernel
      nub
      marrow
      meat
      crux
      bedrock
      facts
      practicalities
      realities
      sine qua non
      nitty-gritty
      nuts and bolts
      ABC
      hard facts
      brass tacks
       

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