Meaning

4 senses
  1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.

    Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.

    grundlegend, elementar, wesentlich

    основно́йosnovnój, элемента́рныйelementárnyj

    основни́йosnovnýj, підставо́вийpidstavóvyj

  2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

    The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.

    einfach, simpel, anspruchslos

    ба́зовыйbázovyj, основно́йosnovnój, элемента́рныйelementárnyj

    ба́зовийbázovyj, основни́йosnovnýj, елемента́рнийelementárnyj

  3. Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

    basisch

    осно́вныйosnóvnyj

    pertaining to or constituting a base or basis

  4. (informal)Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

Examples

251 sentences
  1. This is one of the basic rules.

    Це одне з основних правил.

    ruЭто одно из основных правил.

    deDas ist eine der Grundregeln.

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  2. Tom isn't good with basic arithmetic.

    Том не дуже товаришує з елементарною арифметикою.

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  3. Do you not understand basic logic?

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  4. The family is the basic unit of society.

    ruСемья - основная единица общества.

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  5. Tom easily learned the basic rules of the game.

    ruТом без труда выучил основные правила игры.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
necessary, essential for life or some process:
elementary, simple, merely functional:
Русский
By meaning 3
necessary, essential for life or some process:
elementary, simple, merely functional:
chemistry: of a base:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
necessary, essential for life or some process:
elementary, simple, merely functional:
chemistry: of a base:
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