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Basic   /bˈeɪsɪk/   Listen
Basic

adjective
1.
Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.  "The basic ingredients" , "Basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"  Antonym: incidental.
2.
Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality.  Synonyms: canonic, canonical.  "A canonical syllable pattern"
3.
Serving as a base or starting point.  Synonym: introductory.  "Basic training for raw recruits" , "A set of basic tools" , "An introductory art course"
4.
Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base.
noun
1.
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.
2.
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant.  Synonym: staple.



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"Basic" Quotes from Famous Books



... out good credits for you to sit there like you was buying on your own!" The Salarkian who loomed above him spoke accentless, idiomatic Basic Space which came strangely from between his yellow lips. A furred hand thrust the handle of a mop-up stick at the young man, a taloned thumb jerked the direction in which to use that evil-smelling object. Vye Lansor levered himself ...
— Star Hunter • Andre Alice Norton
... extensive bibliography on the Savannah, the basic sources for reliable technical description are Marestier's report on American steamers, the logbook of the ship, Watkins' extracts from the Speedwell Iron Works account book, the customhouse records, and some of the statements made by Stevens Rogers between 1836 and ...
— The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model - United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 • Howard I. Chapelle
... The basic story-line is that there is a fort in the Hudson Bay Territory that needs some stores and materials to be sent to it from another fort about 150 miles away. The journey could be done by canoe, but there are none available at ...
— Snow Shoes and Canoes - The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory • William H. G. Kingston
... as well be blunt," said Baker. "There is no conceivable way in which Clearwater College can be issued a research grant for anything—and especially not for basic research in ...
— The Great Gray Plague • Raymond F. Jones
... "Time" was the basic principle on which the value of the script was to be determined, and as "time," in this instance, meant hours and nothing else, a citizen's income depended entirely on his readiness to work. Ten hours represented a full day's work. The hand-press on ...
— West Wind Drift • George Barr McCutcheon


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