Definition of BASIC
Adjective: basic bey-sik
- Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
"a basic story line";
- canonic, canonical
- 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"
- Serving as a base or starting point
"a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools";
- introductory
- (chemistry) of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
- (chemistry) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
"basic soils derived from chalk or limestone";
- alkaline, alkalic
- (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- staple
- 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
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