basic

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

base +‎ -ic

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
basic

Plural
basics

basic (plural basics)

  1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
    Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
  2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
    Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
  3. (military) basic training.

[edit] Translations

necessary commodity
elementary building block

[edit] Adjective

basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)

Positive
basic

Comparative
more basic

Superlative
most basic
  1. necessary, essential for life or some process.
    Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
  2. elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
    The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is purely basic.
  3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; antonym of acidic

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[edit] Translations

necessary, essential for life or some process
elementary, simple, merely functional
chemistry: of a base
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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English

[edit] Noun

basic m. inv.

  1. (computing) BASIC
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