• (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
• 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
• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
• of primary importance; "Basic truths"
• 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"
• 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"
• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a Basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

'Basic' in other languages