BASIC

basic

(adjective) of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

basic, introductory

(adjective) serving as a base or starting point; “a basic course in Russian”; “basic training for raw recruits”; “a set of basic tools”; “an introductory art course”

basic

(adjective) 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”

basic, canonic, canonical

(adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; “a basic story line”; “a canonical syllable pattern”

basic, staple

(noun) (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

BASIC

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Proper noun

Basic

A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on).

Hyponyms

• Visual Basic

Anagrams

• SABIC

Etymology

Adjective

basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)

Necessary, essential for life or some process.

Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

(slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

Synonyms

• See also bare-bones

• (chemistry): alkaline

Antonyms

• (chemistry): acidic

Noun

basic (plural basics)

A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

(military) Basic training.

Anagrams

• SABIC

Etymology 1

Proper noun

BASIC

A family of third-generation programming languages (c.1964 on).

Hyponyms

• BASICA

• BBC BASIC

• GW-BASIC

• Turbo Basic

• Visual Basic

Etymology 2

Proper noun

BASIC

(attributive) Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

BASIC

Initialism of British American Security Information Council.

Anagrams

• SABIC

Source: Wiktionary

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Ba"sic, a.

1. (Chem.) (a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. (b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt. (c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

2. (Min.)

Definition: Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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