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Meaning
Adj
●
Necessary,
essential
for life
or some process.
●
Elementary,
simple
,
fundamental
,
merely
functional.
●
In Chemistry:
Of or
pertaining
to a
base
; having a pH
greater than
7.
●
Unremarkable or
uninteresting
;
boring
; uncool.
Noun
●
A
necessary
commodity
, a
staple
requirement.
●
An
elementary
building block
, e.g. a
fundamental
piece
of knowledge.
●
In Military:
Basic training.
Name
●
Any of a family of third-generation
programming languages
(c.1964 on).
●
Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
●
Initialism of British American Security Information Council.
●
A family of third-generation
computer programming
languages
(c.1964 on).
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Wiktionary
Origin
basic
English
-ic
English
-ique
French
-icus
Dutch
base
English
bas
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
bassus
Latin
base
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
basis
Latin
βάσις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Alkaline
Bare-Bones
Baseline
Normal
Baselines
Antonyms
Acidic
Related
Fundamental
Rudimentary
Simple
Straightforward
Primitive
Essential
Common
Important
Advanced
Simplistic
Vital
Simplest
Complex
Universal
Generic
Standard
Practical
Significant
Traditional
Useful
Primary
Technical
Foundational
Crucial
Elementary
Fundamentals
Critical
Mundane
Core
Valuable
Natural
Specific
Minimal
Comprehensive
Foundation
Complicated
Necessary
Essentials
Effective
Barebones
Principle
Solid
Functional
Easy
Relevant
Key
Essence
Sophisticated
Abstract
Cursory
Obvious
Concept
Sensible
Principles
General
Reasonable
Powerful
Regular
Indispensable
Introductory
Bare Bones
More
Rhymes
Lasik
Basic
Dibasic
Tribasic
Polybasic
Octabasic
Hexabasic
Monobasic
Pentabasic
Heptabasic
Tetrabasic
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