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Basic
ˈbeɪsɪk
- forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental
"certain basic rules must be obeyed"
- offering or constituting the minimum required without elaboration or luxury
"the food was good, if a bit basic"
- common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable
"basic human rights"
- having tastes, interests, or attitudes regarded as mainstream or conventional (typically used of a woman)
"if your date orders vegetable tempura you know she is totally basic"
- having the properties of a base, or containing a base; having a pH above 7
"these salts yield basic solutions comparable in strength with the mineral alkalis"
- (of rock, especially lava) relatively poor in silica
"a coarse-grained, basic, plutonic rock"
- relating to or denoting steel-making processes involving lime-rich refractories and slags
- the essential facts or principles of a subject or skill
"I learnt the basics of programming on a course"
- essential food and other supplies
"people are facing a shortage of basics like flour"