basic
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
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."
3. Basic training.
"The drill sergeants gave him hell in 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. Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
4. Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
Synonyms
≠ Antonyms
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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