Definitions for BASIC

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BASIC ba·sic

Spelling: [bey-sik]

IPA: /ˈbeɪ sɪk/

Basic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in BASIC (abcis).

Definitions for BASIC

noun

1. Military. basic training. a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
2. Often, basics. something that is fundamental or basic; an essential ingredient, principle, procedure, etc.:
3. Slang. a person, especially a female, who is boringly predictable or unoriginal.
4. a widely adopted programming language that uses English words, punctuation marks, and algebraic notation to facilitate communication between the operator or lay user and the computer.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental:
2. Chemistry. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a base. not having all of the hydroxyls of the base replaced by the acid group, or having the metal or its equivalent united partly to the acid group and partly to oxygen. alkaline.
3. Metallurgy. noting, pertaining to, or made by a steelmaking process (basic process) in which the furnace or converter is lined with a basic or nonsiliceous material, mainly burned magnesite and a small amount of ground basic slag, to remove impurities from the steel. Compare acid (def 9).
4. Geology. (of a rock) having relatively little silica.
5. Military. primary: of lowest rank:
6. Slang. (especially of a female) characterized by predictable or unoriginal style, interests, or behavior: (of things) boringly predictable or unoriginal:

Origin of BASIC

First recorded in 1835-45; base¹ + -ic

Examples for BASIC

Make as much out of this as you will, but the basic fact is incontestible.

The basic fact of the tale I had in my possession for a good many years.

As more people come online, the most basic tasks—such as going out to the market to sell produce—will become more efficient.

Everyone is entitled to be treated with basic decency and respect.

The Metanoia, the re-directing of my thought, was a thorough and basic change.

Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.

He challenged the very core of the Iranian theocracy and demanded respect for basic human rights.

The mastery of an art—be it what you like—does but consist in the comprehension of its basic law.

It was contentment, and it stemmed from the basic emotion love.

The three basic ways for prisoners to die are old age, disease or violently.