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1.
pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
a basic fact
the basic ingredients
basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities
2.
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
a basic story line
3.
serving as a base or starting point
a basic course in Russian
basic training for raw recruits
a set of basic tools
4.
of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
'basic' - used as a noun
5.
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
6.
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
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