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English to English adjective
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pertaining to or constituting a base or basis |  | Example: a basic fact
the basic ingredients
basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities
source: wordnet30
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Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | | Example: a basic story line
a canonical syllable pattern
source: wordnet30
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serving as a base or starting point | | Example: a basic course in Russian
basic training for raw recruits
a set of basic tools
an introductory art course
source: wordnet30
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of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base | | source: wordnet30
noun
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant | | source: wordnet30
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