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Basic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Basic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Basic [ a.]
- Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
- Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
- Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
- Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.

Meaning of 'Basic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . basic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
Example in sentence:
  • a basic fact;
  • basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities;
  • the basic ingredients
2 . basic [ s]
Meaning (2):
- serving as a base or starting point
Example in sentence:
  • a basic course in Russian;
  • a set of basic tools;
  • an introductory art course;
  • basic training for raw recruits
Meaning (3):
- reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
Example in sentence:
  • a basic story line;
  • a canonical syllable pattern