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    • basic :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

    • basic :reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
      • a basic story line|a canonical syllable pattern

    • basic :serving as a base or starting point
      • a basic course in Russian|basic training for raw recruits|a set of basic tools|an introductory art course

    • basic :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

      • basic :(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

        • basic :of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

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