/ˈbeɪsɪk/
Translation
Simple and most important; forming the part that everything else is built on.
Word origin
From base, from Greek basis, a step or foundation, the thing everything else stands on.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- basis
- English cognates
- base, basis
Examples
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"Basic" means simple, without anything extra.
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Basic needs are the most important ones of all.
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Basic English is the simple English you learn first.
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Grammar articles
(4)For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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