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BASIC
('b/eI/s/I/k )

adjective (a)

  • pertaining to or constituting a base or basis(adj.all)
    Example:
    A basic fact.
    The basic ingredients.
    Basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities.
    Antonym:
    incident, incidental
    source: wordnet30
  • Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    staple
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality(adj.all)
    Example:
    A basic story line.
    Synonym:
    canonic, canonical
    source: wordnet30
  • serving as a base or starting point(adj.all)
    Example:
    A basic course in Russian.
    Basic training for raw recruits.
    A set of basic tools.
    Synonym:
    introductory
    source: wordnet30
  • of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base(adj.all)
    source: wordnet30
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