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basic


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
  • (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

    • basic - adjective

    • pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
    • reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
    • serving as a base or starting point
    • of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

    basic - thesaurus

    canonic   canonical   introductory   staple  


    View spelling list Words ending in -ic and learn about the word basic in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 2. Spelling the consonant sounds, Part 1.

    Scrabble score for basic

    b is 3 a is 1 s is 1 i is 1 c is 3
    Scrabble score = 9

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