basic adjective
ba·sic
The adjective form of basic is basic
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- adjective basic You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend. 3
- adjective basic Basic goods and services are very simple ones which every human being needs. You can also refer to people's basic needs for such goods and services. 3
- adjective basic If one thing is basic to another, it is absolutely necessary to it, and the second thing cannot exist, succeed, or be imagined without it. 3
- adjective basic You can use basic to emphasize that you are referring to what you consider to be the most important aspect of a situation, and that you are not concerned with less important details. 3
- adjective basic You can use basic to describe something that is very simple in style and has only the most necessary features, without any luxuries. 3
- adjective basic Basic is used to describe a price or someone's income when this does not include any additional amounts. 3
- adjective basic The basic rate of income tax is the lowest or most common rate, which applies to people who earn average incomes. 3
- adjective basic of, relating to, or forming a base or basis; fundamental; underlying 3
- adjective basic elementary or simple 3
- adjective basic excluding additions or extras 3
- adjective basic of, denoting, or containing a base; alkaline 3
- adjective basic (of a salt) containing hydroxyl or oxide groups not all of which have been replaced by an acid radical 3
- adjective basic of, concerned with, or made by a process in which the furnace or converter is made of a basic material, such as magnesium oxide 3
- adjective basic (of such igneous rocks as basalt) containing between 52 and 45 per cent silica 3
- adjective basic primary or initial 3
- adjective basic of, at, or forming a base; fundamental; essential 3
- adjective basic constituting a basis or introduction; elementary 3
- adjective basic of, having the nature of, or containing a base; alkaline 3
- adjective basic designating, of, or resulting from a process of manufacturing steel from high-phosphorus iron, in which the refining agent is a basic slag formed from a basic furnace lining and the addition of lime 3
- adjective basic designating or of igneous rocks with 45-52% silica 3
- adjective basic rudimentary, primary 1
- adjective basic essential, fundamental 1
- adjective basic chemistry: alkaline 1
- adjective basic not luxurious 1
- adjective basic of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient. 1
- adjective basic Chemistry. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a base. not having all of the hydroxyls of the base replaced by the acid group, or having the metal or its equivalent united partly to the acid group and partly to oxygen. alkaline. 1
- adjective basic Metallurgy. noting, pertaining to, or made by a steelmaking process (basic process) in which the furnace or converter is lined with a basic or nonsiliceous material, mainly burned magnesite and a small amount of ground basic slag, to remove impurities from the steel. Compare acid (def 9). 1
- adjective basic Geology. (of a rock) having relatively little silica. 1
- adjective basic Military. primary: basic training. of lowest rank: airman basic. 1
- adjective basic Slang. (especially of a female) characterized by predictable or unoriginal style, interests, or behavior: those basic girls who follow trends. (of things) boringly predictable or unoriginal: His lyrics are just so basic. 1
- adjective basic Necessary, essential for life or some process. 0
- adjective basic Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. 0
- adjective basic (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. 0
- adjective basic (Slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool. 0