basic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
Etymology: From base + -ic.
Base: base
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more basic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most basic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: basics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Necessary, essential for life or some process.
pos: adj
examples: Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
Over the past few weeks, U.S. Coast Guard service members, civilian employees and their families have had to scramble to pay for basic necessities. Many have taken donations of food and toiletries from their communities, and frantically called their banks and credit unions to try to avert financial disaster.
Having access to the truth is a basic right of the general public.
gloss: Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
pos: adj
examples: The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
gloss: Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
pos: adj
gloss: Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: 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.
And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
"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."
It [the online far right] feels full of righteous contempt for anything mainstream, conformist, basic.
gloss: A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
pos: noun
examples: Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
gloss: An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
pos: noun
examples: Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more.
gloss: Basic training.
pos: noun
examples: The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.
When I shipped out for basic, the Orbital Defense Grid was all theory and politics.
Derived words: abasic
BASIC
basical
basically
basic B
basic balance
basic belief
basic bitch
basic block
basic bro
basic cable
basic ed
basic education
Basic English
basic form
basic ignition timing
basic income
basic insulation level
basicity
basic law
basic needs
basicness
basic pay
basic phone
basic plumage
basic process
basic rate interface
basic reproduction number
basic reproduction rate
basic reproduction ratio
basic reproductive number
basic reproductive rate
basic reproductive ratio
basic research
basic science
basic strategy
basic timing
basic utility vehicle
bibasic
dibasic
extended basic block
gnathobasic
heptabasic
hexabasic
macrobasic
mesobasic
microbasic
monobasic
multibasic
nonbasic
octabasic
oligobasic
pentabasic
polybasic
postbasic
prebasic
quadribasic
sesquibasic
superbasic
terbasic
tetrabasic
tribasic
ultrabasic
universal basic income
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