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   basic

   /ˈbeɪsɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental: "certain basic rules must be obeyed" Similar fundamentalrudimentaryprimaryprincipalcardinalchiefelementaryelementalrootcentralpivotalcriticalkeyfocalsalientstapleessentialquintessentialbare-bonesstripped downcut downvitalnecessaryindispensablefoundationalintrinsicunderlyingingrainedOpposite secondaryunimportant
   • ▪ offering or constituting the minimum required without elaboration or luxury: "the food was good, if a bit basic" Similar lowestbottomstartinggroundundermostwithout commissionplainsimpleunsophisticatedstraightforwardadequateunadornedundecoratedunornamentedwithout frillsspartansparsestarksevereausterelimitedmeagrerudimentarypatchysketchyminimalmodestordinaryunpretentiousunostentatiousunfussyhomelyhomespunroughrough and readyrough-hewncrudemakeshiftrestrainedmutedinformal:bog-standardOpposite elaborate
   • ▪ common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable: "basic human rights"
   • ▪ having tastes, interests, or attitudes regarded as mainstream or conventional (typically used of a woman): informal, derogatory North American "if your date orders vegetable tempura you know she is totally basic"
   • 2. having the properties of a base, or containing a base; having a pH above 7: "these salts yield basic solutions comparable in strength with the mineral alkalis"
   • ▪ (of rock, especially lava) relatively poor in silica: "a coarse-grained, basic, plutonic rock"
   • ▪ relating to or denoting steel-making processes involving lime-rich refractories and slags.

   noun

   • 1. the essential facts or principles of a subject or skill: informal "I learnt the basics of programming on a course"
   • ▪ essential food and other supplies: informal "people are facing a shortage of basics like flour"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from base1 + -ic.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   • Definition of basic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary forming the part of something that is most necessary and from which other things develop basic to something Drums are basic to African music. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   What does basic mean in chemistry?

   • 1. of or forming a base or basis; essential; fundamental: a basic principle. 2. a. pertaining to a chemical base. b. not having all of the hydroxyls of the base replaced by the acid group. c. alkaline. 3. (of a rock) having relatively little silica. 4. of the lowest military rank: airman basic.

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     BASIC translate: fondamental/-ale, essentiel/-elle,...

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   1. a. : of, relating to, or forming the base or essence : fundamental. basic truths. b. : concerned with fundamental scientific principles : not applied. basic research. 2. : constituting or serving as the basis or starting point.

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   What's basic is what's essential, at the root or base of things. If you've got a basic understanding of differential equations, you can handle simple problems but might get tripped up by more difficult ones. You can also speak of the basics.

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