Meaning

3 senses
  1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

    Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.

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

  2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

    Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.

    I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more.

  3. Basic training.

    The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.

Examples

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

    Це одне з основних правил. — deniko

    ruЭто одно из основных правил. — marafon

    deDas ist eine der Grundregeln. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom isn't good with basic arithmetic.

    Том не дуже товаришує з елементарною арифметикою. — deniko

  3. Do you not understand basic logic?

  4. The family is the basic unit of society.

    ruСемья - основная единица общества. — vilnat

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

    ruТом без труда выучил основные правила игры. — odexed

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: basics
Singularbasic
Pluralbasics

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant:staple

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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