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basic

adjective
- 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"
Antonyms: incidental, incident Similar: basal, base, elementary, primary, fundamental, rudimentary, underlying, grassroots, radical - reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
Synonyms: canonic, canonical Similar: standard - of primary importance; "basic truths"
Synonyms: basal, primary Similar: essential
noun
- 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
- (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Synonyms: staple
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