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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   basic
       adj 1: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic
              fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public
              opinion occur because of changes in priorities" [ant:
              incident, incidental]
       2: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
          without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
          canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic,
          canonical]
       3: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
          Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic
          tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic,
          introductory]
       4: of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
       n 1: 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
       2: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is
          constant [syn: basic, staple]