Type and usage of basic from BoostVocab

basic

/'beɪsɪk/

adjective
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
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"a basic story line"

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canonic canonical standard
adjective
serving as a base or starting point
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"a basic course in Russian" "basic training for raw recruits" "a set of basic tools"

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introductory first
noun
(usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
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staple

type of:
good trade good commodity
noun
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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programing language programming language
adjective
of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
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alkaline alkalic
adjective
pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
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"a basic fact" "the basic ingredients" "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"

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underlying elemental elementary fundamental grassroots primary radical rudimentary basal base

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incidental

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