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basic
English
Etymology
base +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be?s?k/
- Rhymes: -e?s?k
- Hyphenation: ba?sic
Adjective
basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)
- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
- 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
- I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.
- 2014, Trevor Thrall, "Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:
- And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
- 2015, Lily Kunda, "A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7:
- "I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."
- 2013, Sam Stryker, "Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:bare-bones
- (chemistry): alkaline
Antonyms
- (chemistry): acidic
Derived terms
- basically
- BASIC
Translations
Noun
basic (plural basics)
- A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
- Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
- An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
- (military) Basic training.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- SABIC
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English BASIC.
Noun
basic m (invariable)
- (computing) BASIC
Anagrams
- bisca
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
basic m (feminine singular basica, masculine plural basics, feminine plural basicas)
- basic
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greatest
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???e?t?st/
- Hyphenation: great?est
- Rhymes: -?st
Adjective
greatest
- superlative form of great: most great
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[1]:
- Caliban: […] I never saw a woman / But only Sycorax, my dam, and she; / But she as far surpasseth Sycorax / As great'st does least.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[1]:
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