basic
see also: BASIC, Basic
Etymology Pronunciation
BASIC
Pronunciation
Basic
Etymology
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see also: BASIC, Basic
Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
basic
- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
- 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway? ↗", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
- I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.
- 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy ↗", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:
- "I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."
- 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway? ↗", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
- See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
- (chemistry) alkaline
- (antonym(s) of “chemistry”): acidic
- French: basique
- German: grundlegend, elementar, wesentlich
- Italian: basilare, essenziale, fondamentale
- Portuguese: básico
- Russian: основно́й
- Spanish: básico
- French: basique
- German: einfach, simpel, anspruchslos, funktional, elementar
- Italian: basico, elementare, semplice
- Portuguese: básico
- Russian: ба́зовый
basic (plural basics)
- A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
- Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
- An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
- Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
- I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more.
- (military) Basic training.
- The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.
- Italian: base
- Italian: base, principio, fondamento
BASIC
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual.
Proper noun- Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
- Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
- (attributive) Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China
- Initialism of British American Security Information Council
Basic
Etymology
Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Proper noun- A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on).
- Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
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