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basic   (TTS Sound)

The noun basic has 2 senses

• 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, staple -- ((usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)

The adj basic has 4 senses

• 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, canonic, canonical -- (reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern")


• basic, introductory -- (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 -- (of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base)