basic

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  • Noun:
    (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
  • Adjective:
    pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
    reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
    of primary importance
    serving as a base or starting point
    of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

Word Origin

basic (adj.)
1832, originally in chemistry, from base (n.) + -ic.
BASIC
computer language, 1964, initialism (acronym) for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code; invented by Hungarian-born U.S. computer scientist John G. Kemeny (1926-1992) and U.S. computer scientist Thomas E. Kurtz (b.1928).

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Example

1. Its basic service is free .
2. Basic human rights were denied .
3. Those basic elements are decided .
4. They have two basic choices .
5. At least they share certain basic characteristics .

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