basic

Meaning

Adj

1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
3. Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
4. (informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

Noun

1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
3. Basic training.

Hyphenated as

ba‧sic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbeɪsɪk/

Etymology

From base + -ic.

Sentences

Underground sprinklers function through means of basic electronic and hydraulic technology .