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BA·SIC or Ba·sic  (bsk)

n.

A simple programming language.

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[B(eginner's) A(ll-purpose) S(ymbolic) I(nstruction) C(ode).]

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ba·sic  (bsk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: "Basic changes in public opinion often occur because of shifts in concerns and priorities" (Atlantic).

2. Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis: a basic course in Russian; a set of basic woodworking tools.

3. Chemistry

a. Of or relating to a base.

b. Containing a base, especially in excess of acid.

c. Alkaline.

4. Geology Containing little silica, as igneous rocks.

n.

1. An essential, fundamental element or entity: the basics of math.

2. Basic training.

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ba·sici·ty (-ss-t) n.

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basic [ˈbeɪsɪk]

adj

1. of, relating to, or forming a base or basis; fundamental; underlying

2. elementary or simple a few basic facts

3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) excluding additions or extras basic pay

4. (Chemistry) Chem

a.  of, denoting, or containing a base; alkaline

b.  (of a salt) containing hydroxyl or oxide groups not all of which have been replaced by an acid radical basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO₃.Pb(OH)₂

5. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Metallurgy of, concerned with, or made by a process in which the furnace or converter is made of a basic material, such as magnesium oxide

6. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (of such igneous rocks as basalt) containing between 52 and 45 per cent silica

7. Military primary or initial basic training

n

(usually plural) a fundamental principle, fact, etc.

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BASIC, Basic [ˈbeɪsɪk]

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a computer programming language that uses common English terms

[acronym of b(eginner's) a(ll-purpose) s(ymbolic) i(nstruction) c(ode)]

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BASIC  (bsk)

A simple programming language developed in the 1960s that is widely taught to students as a first programming language.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	BASIC - 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 programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers
	2.	basic - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant staple commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Adj.	1.	basic - 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" incidental, incident - (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
	2.	basic - reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern" canonic, canonical standard - established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"
	3.	basic - 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" introductory first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
	4.	basic - of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions alkalic, alkaline - relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"

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basic

adjective

1. fundamental, main, key, essential, primary, vital, principal, constitutional, cardinal, inherent, elementary, indispensable, innate, intrinsic, elemental, immanent Access to justice is a basic right.

2. vital, needed, important, key, necessary, essential, primary, crucial, fundamental, elementary, indispensable, requisite shortages of even the most basic foodstuffs

3. essential, central, key, vital, fundamental, underlying, indispensable There are certain ethical principles that are basic to all the great religions.
essential supporting, minor, secondary, trivial, complementary, peripheral, supplementary, unessential

4. main, key, essential, primary There are three basic types of tea.

5. plain, simple, classic, ordinary, severe, crude, straightforward, Spartan, unpretentious, uncluttered, unadorned, unfussy, bog-standard (informal), unembellished, without frills the extremely basic hotel room

6. lowest, starting, lowest level the basic pay of a typical coalface worker

plural noun

essentials, facts, principles, fundamentals, practicalities, requisites, nuts and bolts (informal), hard facts, nitty-gritty (informal), rudiments, brass tacks (informal), necessaries Let's get down to basics and stop horsing around.

Translations

BASIC [ˈbeɪsɪk] N ABBR (Comput) =Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code → BASIC m

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basic [ˈbeɪsɪk]

A. ADJ

1. (= fundamental) [reason, idea, problem] → básico, fundamental; [knowledge] → básico, elemental; [skills, vocabulary, needs] → básico
basic French → francés m básico or elemental
a basic knowledge of Russian → unos conocimientos básicos or elementales de ruso
a basic right → un derecho fundamental
basic to sth → básico or fundamental para algo

2. (= forming starting point) [salary, working hours] → base
the basic rate of income tax → el tipo impositivo or de gravamen básico

3. (= rudimentary) [equipment, furniture] → rudimentario; [cooking] → muy sencillo, muy poco elaborado
the hotel was extremely basic → el hotel era sumamente sencillo

4. (Chem) → básico
basic salt → sal f básica
basic slag → escoria f básica

B. NPL basics such as bread and milk → alimentos básicos como el pan y la leche
the basics → los principios básicos
to get back to basics → volver a empezar por los principios básicos
to get down to (the) basics → ir a lo importante
they had forgotten everything and we had to go back to basics → lo habían olvidado todo y tuvimos que volver a empezar por los principios

C. CPD basic airman N (US) → soldado m raso de la fuerzas aéreas
basic rate N (Fin) → tipo m de interés base
basic training N (Mil) → entrenamiento m básico
basic wage N → salario m base

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basic [ˈbeɪsɪk] adj

[precautions, rules] → élémentaire

[principles, research, right] → fondamental(e)

[vocabulary, salary, model] → de base; [skill] → de base, élémentaire
It's a basic model → C'est un modèle de base.

(= essential) [needs] → de base, élémentaire; [foods] → de base

(= central) [theme] → essentiel(le)
to be basic to sth → constituer la base de qch

(= simple) → rudimentaire
The accommodation is pretty basic → Le logement est plutôt rudimentaire.

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Basic (Comput) abbr of beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code → BASIC nt

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basic

adj

(= fundamental) → Grund-; problem also, reason, issue → Haupt-; points, issues → wesentlich; (= rudimentary) knowledge, necessities, equipment also → elementar; character, intention, purpose also → eigentlich; incompatibility, misconception, indifference, problem → grundsätzlich; to be basic to something → Voraussetzung sein für etw; there’s no basic difference → es besteht kein grundlegender Unterschied; he has a basic mistrust of women → er misstraut Frauen grundsätzlich; a certain basic innocence → eine gewisse elementare Unschuld; he is, in a very basic sense, … → er ist, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, …; the basic thing to remember is … → woran man vor allem denken muss, ist …; must you be so basic! → müssen Sie sich denn so direkt ausdrücken?; his knowledge is rather basic → er hat nur ziemlich elementare Kenntnisse; the furniture is rather basic → die Möbel sind ziemlich primitiv; the room is rather basic → es ist ein recht einfaches Zimmer; you should know that, that’s basic → das müssten Sie aber wissen, das ist doch elementar; this is basic to the whole subject → das liegt dem Fach zugrunde or zu Grunde; basic salary/working hours → Grundgehalt nt → /-arbeitszeit f; the four basic operations (Math) → die vier Grundrechenarten; basic vocabulary → Grundwortschatz m

(= original) → zugrunde or zu Grunde liegend; theory also, assumption → ursprünglich

(= essential) → notwendig; knowledge of French is/good boots are absolutely basic → Französischkenntnisse/gute Stiefel sind unbedingt nötig or sind eine Voraussetzung

(Chem) → basisch

pl the basics → das Wesentliche; to get down to (the) basics → zum Kern der Sache or zum Wesentlichen kommen; to get back to basics → sich auf das Wesentliche besinnen

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basic:

basic English

n → englischer Grundwortschatz, Basic English nt

basic food

n, basic foodstuffs

pl → Grundnahrungsmittel pl

basic industry

n → Schlüsselindustrie f

basic rate

n (of wage) → Grundgehalt nt; (of tax) → Eingangssteuersatz m; the basic of income tax → der Eingangssteuersatz bei Lohn- und Einkommensteuer

basic salary

n → Grundgehalt nt, → Fixum nt

basic slag (Chem)

n → Thomasschlacke f

basic wage

n usu pl → Grundlohn m

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BASIC [ˈbeɪsɪk] n abbr (Comput) =Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Introduction Code → BASIC m

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basic [ˈbeɪsɪk] adj

a. (fundamental, reason, problem) → fondamentale, base inv (after n); (rudimentary, knowledge) → rudimentale; (equipment, essential) → essenziale; (poor) → primitivo/a; (elementary, principles, precautions, rules) → elementare; (salary) → base inv (after n)
"Basic Italian" → "Italiano elementare"

b. (Chem) (oxide, salt) → basico/a

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basic

adj basic [ˈbeisik]

1 of, or forming, the main part or foundation of something Your basic theory is wrong. basies, fundamenteel أساسي، جَوْهَري основен základní basal; grund-; grundlæggende Grund... βασικός básico, fundamental alus-, põhi- اصلی؛ بنیادی perus- de base יְסוֹדִי बुनियादी osnovan alapvető dasar grundvallar- di base 基本の 기초가 되는 pagrindinis, esminis pamata- asas grond- grunn- podstawowy básico de bază главный základný temeljen polazni grundläggande, grund- พื้นฐาน temel 基本的 основний; суттєвий بنیادی cơ bản 基本的

2 restricted to a fundamental level, elementary a basic knowledge of French. basies أوَّلي، أساسي основен, начален základní basal grundlegend στοιχειώδης básico, elemental alg-, alus- ابتدایی؛ ساده alkeis- élémentaire בְּסִיסִי प्राथमिक elementaran, temeljan alap- dasar undirstöðu- elementare 基礎的な 초보의 pradinis, pagrindinis, elementarus elementārs asas basis- grunnleggende, elementær- zasadniczy básico elementar начальный základný osnoven osnovni grundläggande, grund- มูลฐาน başlangıç düzeyinde 基礎的 базовий; фундаментальний ابتدائی ، بنیادی mức độ đơn giản nhất 基础的

adv basically

fundamentally She seems strict, but basically (= in reality) she's very nice; Her job, basically, is to deal with foreign customers. basies بِصورَةٍ أساسيَّةٍ по същество v zásadě, v podstatě ret beset; strengt taget grundsätzlich βασικά, στην ουσία básicamente, en el fondo põhiliselt اساساً؛ در واقع periaatteessa au fond בְּעִיקָרוֹן मूलरूप से temeljno alapvetően, alapjában véve kenyataannya, sebenarnya í grundvallaratriðum; í raun fondamentalmente 基本的に 기초적으로 iš esmės būtībā pada dasarnya eigenlijk i grunnen, på bunnen, innerst inne w zasadzie basicamente în fond по существу v podstate v bistvu u suštini i grund och botten โดยพื้นฐาน temel olarak 基本地 по суті; в основному بنیادی طور پر về cơ bản 基本地

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BASIC → أساسي základní enkel grundlegend βασικός básico perus- basique osnovan basilare 基本的な 기초의 basis- grunnleggende podstawowy básico основной enkel พื้นฐาน ธรรมดา temel căn bản 基本的