English
basic
see also: BASIC, Basic
Etymology

From base + -ic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
Adjective

basic

  1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
    Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
  2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
    The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
  3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
  4. (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."
Synonyms Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “chemistry”): acidic
Translations Translations Translations Noun

basic (plural basics)

  1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
    Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
  2. 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.
  3. (military) Basic training.
    The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.
Translations Translations
BASIC
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
Etymology 1

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
  1. Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
    Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
Proper noun
  1. (attributive) Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China
Proper noun
  1. Initialism of British American Security Information Council
Basic
Etymology

Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Proper noun
  1. 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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