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- n a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
- n (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- a pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
a basic fact
the basic ingredients
basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities - s reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
a basic story line - s serving as a base or starting point
a basic course in Russian
basic training for raw recruits
a set of basic tools - s of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
- To British motorists, the Government's ending of the "basic petrol ration" last fall had seemed the last heartbreaking straw in the load of enforced joylessness.
- Each contest illustrates a basic way to shrink your footprint: remove meat from your diet, drive or fly less and just reduce the amount of power you use at home whenever possible .
- Images Of Faith Most humans share a basic belief .