basic
Meaning
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- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
Synonyms
at the beginning
main principle
main theme
practical fact
aluminum carbonate
alufibrate
aluminum clofibrate
basic aluminium chloride
bit of knowledge
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ba‧sic
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbeɪsɪk/
Etymology
From base + -ic.
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