basic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbeɪsɪk/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English basic From base + -ic.
Meanings
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Necessary, essential for life or some process.
Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
Having access to the truth is a basic right of the general public.
2020 September 21, “Breaking Through the Internet Blockade”, in Minghui:Over the past few weeks, U.S. Coast Guard service members, civilian employees and their families have had to scramble to pay for basic necessities. Many have taken donations of food and toiletries from their communities, and frantically called their banks and credit unions to try to avert financial disaster.
2019 January 24, Tara Law, “There’s a Food Pantry at the Coast Guard Academy. How the Shutdown Is Causing Special Pain for Service Members”, in Time:
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Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
- Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
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(informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
"I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."
2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
2014 February 3, Trevor Thrall, “Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be”, in The Daily Campus, volume 99, number 54, Southern Methodist University, page 4:I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.
2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11It [the online far right] feels full of righteous contempt for anything mainstream, conformist, basic.
2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most basic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more basic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
tribasic · basic needs · sesquibasic · basic balance · gnathobasic · basic ed · macrobasic · pentabasic · basic law · basic phone · basic belief · multibasic · hexabasic · prebasic · basicity · basic reproductive rate · basic cable · basic reproduction ratio · basic reproductive ratio · basic research · basic bitch · basic reproduction rate · universal basic income · basic reproduction number · basic plumage · dibasic · avant basic · ultrabasic · basicness · basic reproductive number · heptabasic · terbasic · basic pay · basic science · bibasic · basic ignition timing · abasic · basic utility vehicle · basically · mesobasic · basic block · postbasic · microbasic · nonbasic · basic income · superbasic · quadribasic · basic insulation level · basic timing · monobasic · basic form · basic B · basic rate interface · extended basic block · tetrabasic · polybasic · basic education · Basic English · octabasic · basical · oligobasic · BASIC · basic process · basic strategy · basic bro
Synonyms
indispensable · lame · rudimentary · unmodified · static · common-or-garden · tedious · medial · banal · spartan · routine · spartan · average · run-of-the-mill · heavy going · insipid · improminent · unremarkable · bare-bones · pedestrian · alkaline · pure · longsome · prosy · mundane · essential · standard · usual · vulgar · workaday · common-and-garden · par for the course · expected · regular · bare · vapid · mindless · ordinary · everyday · uncool · dull · cheap · slimline · bog-standard · drowsy · unvarnished · dull as dishwater · bland · dreich · plodding · austere · blah · uninteresting · prosaic · stripped down · stodgy · drab · mundane · normal · lackluster · required · plain vanilla · wan · quotidian · garden variety · consistent · simple · indispensable · elemental · languid · light · plain · plain · uninvolved · congruent · plain · tedious · run-of-the-mill · natural · default · basic · necessary · basic · dull · basic · pedantic · customary · bargain · typical · fundamental · prerequisite · standard · ho-hum · incomplex · requisite · bog-standard · soporific · unstrange · needed · wakeaday · necessitous · elementary · lifeless · unembellished · flat · no-frills · no fun at parties · weaksauce · vanilla · beat · commonplace · uncomplicated · discreet · humdrum · stuffy · needed · no-frills · cold · standard issue · par · monotonous · essential · straightforward · commonplace · restrained · common · boring · colourless · corny · vanilla · foundational · economy · wooden · stripped · basic · snoozeworthy · unexceptional · necessar · modest · conventional · ordinary
Translations (137)
bg фундамента́лен (elementary, simple, merely functional) · izh osnovnoi (elementary, simple, merely functional) · it basilare (necessary, essential for life or some process) · cs zásaditý (chemistry: of a base) · ota بیاغی (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ar أَسَاسِيّ (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ro de bază (necessary, essential for life or some process) · it essenziale (necessary, essential for life or some process) · gl básico (chemistry: of a base) · da basal (necessary, essential for life or some process) · hu alapvető (necessary, essential for life or some process) · nb grunnleggende (elementary, simple, merely functional) · cs jednoduchý (elementary, simple, merely functional) · oc basic (elementary, simple, merely functional) · pt básico (necessary, essential for life or some process) · nl basisch (chemistry: of a base) · ru основно́й (elementary, simple, merely functional) · cs nezbytný (necessary, essential for life or some process) · da elementær (elementary, simple, merely functional) · uk основни́й (elementary, simple, merely functional) · nb basisk (chemistry: of a base) · bg алка́лен (chemistry: of a base) · de basisch (chemistry: of a base) · pt básico (chemistry: of a base) · ja 基礎の (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ca bàsic (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ru осно́вный (chemistry: of a base) · kk базистік (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fr basique (necessary, essential for life or some process) · da grundlæggende (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ja 基本的 (necessary, essential for life or some process) · es chapi (unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool) · pl zasadowy (chemistry: of a base) · bg осно́вен (chemistry: of a base) · cs základní (elementary, simple, merely functional) · eo baza (chemistry: of a base) · uk елемента́рний (elementary, simple, merely functional) · mhr тӱҥ (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ota ساده (elementary, simple, merely functional) · be асно́ўны (necessary, essential for life or some process) · de simpel (elementary, simple, merely functional) · pl podstawowy (necessary, essential for life or some process) · fi perus- (necessary, essential for life or some process) · uk основни́й (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ia basic (elementary, simple, merely functional) · be падставо́вы (necessary, essential for life or some process) · fa بنیادی (elementary, simple, merely functional) · nl basis- (necessary, essential for life or some process) · be падставо́вы (elementary, simple, merely functional) · pl podstawowy (elementary, simple, merely functional) · hu bázikus (chemistry: of a base) · ru ба́зовый (elementary, simple, merely functional) · cs základní (necessary, essential for life or some process) · nl elementair (elementary, simple, merely functional) · be ба́завы (elementary, simple, merely functional) · de elementar (necessary, essential for life or some process) · de funktional (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ota بسیط (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ro bazic (chemistry: of a base) · be фундамента́льны (elementary, simple, merely functional) · tg асосӣ (elementary, simple, merely functional) · hu alapszintű (elementary, simple, merely functional) · bg осно́вен (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ru элемента́рный (necessary, essential for life or some process) · it elementare (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ja 塩基性 (chemistry: of a base) · uk фундамента́льний (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fa اساسی (elementary, simple, merely functional) · hu elemi (necessary, essential for life or some process) · bn মৌলিক (elementary, simple, merely functional) · be элемэнта́рны (elementary, simple, merely functional) · bn মৌলিক (necessary, essential for life or some process) · fi yksinkertainen (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fi alkalinen (chemistry: of a base) · it basico (elementary, simple, merely functional) · tg бунёдӣ (elementary, simple, merely functional) · pl fundamentalny (necessary, essential for life or some process) · da basisk (chemistry: of a base) · fi vaatimaton (elementary, simple, merely functional) · cmn 普 (unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool) · mi whakapū (elementary, simple, merely functional) · uk підставо́вий (necessary, essential for life or some process) · eo baza (elementary, simple, merely functional) · uk підставо́вий (elementary, simple, merely functional) · mt bażiku (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fi perustavanlaatuinen (necessary, essential for life or some process) · hy հիմնական (elementary, simple, merely functional) · de anspruchslos (elementary, simple, merely functional) · it semplice (elementary, simple, merely functional) · es básico (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ca bàsic (necessary, essential for life or some process) · be асно́ўны (elementary, simple, merely functional) · de wesentlich (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ru элемента́рный (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ko 기초의 (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fi alkeellinen (elementary, simple, merely functional) · da basal (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fi emäksinen (chemistry: of a base) · cmn 基本的 (elementary, simple, merely functional) · fr basique (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ru основно́й (necessary, essential for life or some process) · de elementar (elementary, simple, merely functional) · hu alap- (necessary, essential for life or some process) · izh osnovnoi (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ro alcalin (chemistry: of a base) · ja 基本的 (elementary, simple, merely functional) · hu lúgos (chemistry: of a base) · ro fundamental (necessary, essential for life or some process) · cmn 基本的 (necessary, essential for life or some process) · kk базалық (elementary, simple, merely functional) · de einfach (elementary, simple, merely functional) · nn basisk (chemistry: of a base) · eo baza (necessary, essential for life or some process) · ia basic (chemistry: of a base) · cmn 基礎的 /基础的 (elementary, simple, merely functional) · es básico (chemistry: of a base) · mt bażiku (necessary, essential for life or some process) · hu alapfokú (elementary, simple, merely functional) · uk ба́зовий (elementary, simple, merely functional) · nl elementair (necessary, essential for life or some process) · gl básico (elementary, simple, merely functional) · cs elementární (elementary, simple, merely functional) · cmn 鹼性 /碱性 (chemistry: of a base) · ru фундамента́льный (elementary, simple, merely functional) · bg осно́вен (necessary, essential for life or some process) · fi olennainen (necessary, essential for life or some process) · de grundlegend (necessary, essential for life or some process) · kk негізгі (necessary, essential for life or some process) · jam biesik (necessary, essential for life or some process) · mhr тӱҥ (elementary, simple, merely functional) · ia basic (necessary, essential for life or some process) · fr basique (chemistry: of a base) · it basico (chemistry: of a base) · sk základný (elementary, simple, merely functional) · pt básico (elementary, simple, merely functional) · it fondamentale (necessary, essential for life or some process) · he בְּסִיסִי (elementary, simple, merely functional)