<b><font size="4">"basic"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>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" [ant: <a href="../incidental.html">incidental</a>] </li> <li>reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern" [syn: <a href="../canonic.html">canonic</a>, <a href="../canonical.html">canonical</a>] </li> <li>of primary importance; "basic truths" [syn: <a href="../basal.html">basal</a>, <a href="../primary.html">primary</a>] </li> <li>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" [syn: <a href="../introductory.html">introductory</a>] </li> <li>of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>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 </li> <li>(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant [syn: <a href="../staple.html">staple</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../basic.html">http://www.word.sc/basic</a>

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