basic

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Necessary, essential for life or some process.
 * 2) Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
 * 3)  Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
 * 4)  Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
 * 5) * 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 11:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:
 * "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."
 * 1) * 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 11:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:
 * "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."
 * "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."

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:bare-bones

Translations

 * Belarusian:, падставо́вы
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: baza
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Interlingua: basic
 * Italian:, ,
 * Jamaican Creole: biesik
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: негізгі
 * Maltese: bażiku
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: de bază,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: основни́й, підставо́вий


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ба́завы,, элемэнта́рны, фундамента́льны, падставо́вы
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, elementær
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: baza
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hebrew: בְּסִיסִי
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: basic
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: базистік, базалық
 * Korean:
 * Maltese: bażiku
 * Maori: whakapū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak:
 * Tajik: асосӣ,
 * Ukrainian:, основни́й, елемента́рний, фундамента́льний, підставо́вий


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zásaditý
 * Danish: basisk
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: baza
 * Finnish:, alkalinen
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: basic
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: basisk
 * Nynorsk: basisk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Ido:
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
 * Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
 * 1) An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
 * 2)  Basic training.
 * 1)  Basic training.
 * 1)  Basic training.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: basisonderdeel,
 * Finnish: perustarvike, peruselintarvike
 * Italian:


 * Czech: nezbytnost
 * Dutch:, basisonderdeel
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ;, perustiedot
 * Italian:, ,

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  BASIC