"basic" meaning in English

See basic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ Audio: En-au-basic.ogg Forms: more basic [comparative], most basic [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪk Etymology: From base + -ic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{af|en|base|-ic}} base + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)
  1. Necessary, essential for life or some process. Translations (necessary, essential for life or some process): асно́ўны (asnóŭny) (Belarusian), падставо́вы (padstavóvy) (Belarusian), মৌলিক (mōulik) (Bengali), осно́вен (osnóven) (Bulgarian), bàsic (Catalan), 基本的 (jīběn de) (Chinese Mandarin), základní (Czech), nezbytný (Czech), basal (Danish), grundlæggende (Danish), basis- (Dutch), elementair (Dutch), тӱҥ (tüŋ) (Eastern Mari), baza (Esperanto), olennainen (Finnish), perus- (Finnish), perustavanlaatuinen (Finnish), basique (French), grundlegend (German), elementar (German), wesentlich (German), alapvető (Hungarian), elemi (Hungarian), alap- (Hungarian), osnovnoi (Ingrian), basic (Interlingua), basilare (Italian), essenziale (Italian), fondamentale (Italian), biesik (Jamaican Creole), 基本的 (kihonteki) (alt: きほんてき) (Japanese), негізгі (negızgı) (Kazakh), bażiku (Maltese), podstawowy (Polish), fundamentalny (Polish), básico (Portuguese), de bază (Romanian), fundamental (Romanian), основно́й (osnovnój) (Russian), элемента́рный (elementárnyj) (Russian), básico (Spanish), основни́й (osnovnýj) (Ukrainian), підставо́вий (pidstavóvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-basic-en-adj-0CpEAm6c Disambiguation of 'necessary, essential for life or some process': 96 2 1 0
  2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional. Translations (elementary, simple, merely functional): أَسَاسِيّ (ʔasāsiyy) (Arabic), հիմնական (himnakan) (Armenian), ба́завы (bázavy) (Belarusian), асно́ўны (asnóŭny) (Belarusian), элемэнта́рны (eljementárny) (Belarusian), фундамента́льны (fundamjentálʹny) (Belarusian), падставо́вы (padstavóvy) (Belarusian), মৌলিক (mōulik) (Bengali), осно́вен (osnóven) (Bulgarian), фундамента́лен (fundamentálen) (Bulgarian), bàsic (Catalan), 基本的 (jīběn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 基礎的 (Chinese Mandarin), 基础的 (jīchǔ de) (Chinese Mandarin), základní (Czech), elementární (Czech), jednoduchý (Czech), basal (Danish), elementær (Danish), elementair (Dutch), тӱҥ (tüŋ) (Eastern Mari), baza (Esperanto), vaatimaton (Finnish), yksinkertainen (Finnish), alkeellinen (Finnish), basique (French), básico (Galician), einfach (German), simpel (German), anspruchslos (German), funktional (German), elementar (German), בְּסִיסִי (Hebrew), alapfokú (Hungarian), alapszintű (Hungarian), osnovnoi (Ingrian), basic (Interlingua), basico (Italian), elementare (Italian), semplice (Italian), 基礎の (kiso no) (alt: きその) (Japanese), 基本的 (kihonteki) (alt: きほんてき) (Japanese), базистік (bazistık) (Kazakh), базалық (bazalyq) (Kazakh), 기초의 (gichoui) (Korean), bażiku (Maltese), whakapū (Maori), grunnleggende (Norwegian Bokmål), basic (Occitan), ساده (sade) (Ottoman Turkish), بیاغی (bayağı) (Ottoman Turkish), بسیط (basît) (Ottoman Turkish), اساسی (asâsi) (Persian), بنیادی (bonyâdi) (Persian), podstawowy (Polish), básico (Portuguese), ба́зовый (bázovyj) (Russian), основно́й (osnovnój) (Russian), элемента́рный (elementárnyj) (Russian), фундамента́льный (fundamentálʹnyj) (Russian), základný (Slovak), асосӣ (asosi) (Tajik), бунёдӣ (bunyodi) (Tajik), ба́зовий (bázovyj) (Ukrainian), основни́й (osnovnýj) (Ukrainian), елемента́рний (elementárnyj) (Ukrainian), фундамента́льний (fundamentálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), підставо́вий (pidstavóvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-basic-en-adj-84K26KiJ Disambiguation of 'elementary, simple, merely functional': 6 87 6 1
  3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemistry: of a base): осно́вен (osnóven) (Bulgarian), алка́лен (alkálen) (Bulgarian), 鹼性 (Chinese Mandarin), 碱性 (jiǎnxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), zásaditý (Czech), basisk (Danish), basisch (Dutch), baza (Esperanto), emäksinen (Finnish), alkalinen (Finnish), basique (French), básico (Galician), basisch (German), bázikus (Hungarian), lúgos (Hungarian), basic (Interlingua), basico (Italian), 塩基性 (enkisei) (alt: えんきせい) (Japanese), basisk (Norwegian Bokmål), basisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), zasadowy (Polish), básico (Portuguese), alcalin (Romanian), bazic (Romanian), осно́вный (osnóvnyj) (Russian), básico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-basic-en-adj-1CaxYnoI Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: of a base': 0 0 100 0
  4. (informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-basic-en-adj-IcN54ueU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alkaline [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/ Audio: En-au-basic.ogg Forms: basics [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪk Etymology: From base + -ic. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{af|en|base|-ic}} base + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} basic (plural basics)
  1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. Translations (necessary commodity): základ [masculine] (Czech), basisonderdeel [neuter] (Dutch), basisbehoefte [feminine] (Dutch), perustarvike (english: good) (Finnish), peruselintarvike [food, lifestyle] (Finnish), base (Italian)
    Sense id: en-basic-en-noun-~rJfi00O Disambiguation of 'necessary commodity': 93 3 4
  2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge. Translations (elementary building block): nezbytnost [feminine] (Czech), basis (Dutch), basisonderdeel [neuter] (Dutch), alus (Estonian), perusta (Finnish), perusteet [plural] (Finnish), perustiedot [plural] (Finnish), base (Italian), principio (Italian), fondamento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-basic-en-noun-1S6To5~i Disambiguation of 'elementary building block': 3 92 6
  3. (military) Basic training. Categories (topical): Military
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14 13 4 4 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 6 15 11 4 4 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 15 3 15 12 1 2 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 12 5 15 11 4 4 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 7 13 10 6 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 5 15 11 5 4 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 5 13 12 7 4 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 8 17 10 4 5 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 5 17 13 4 4 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 3 14 13 2 3 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 6 15 11 5 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 3 18 12 2 2 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 12 5 15 11 4 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 5 15 11 4 4 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 9 3 16 11 3 3 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Inflected forms

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          "text": "Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 January 24, Tara Law, “There’s a Food Pantry at the Coast Guard Academy. How the Shutdown Is Causing Special Pain for Service Members”, in Time:",
          "text": "Over the past few weeks, U.S. Coast Guard service members, civilian employees and their families have had to scramble to pay for basic necessities. Many have taken donations of food and toiletries from their communities, and frantically called their banks and credit unions to try to avert financial disaster.",
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          "ref": "2020 September 21, “Breaking Through the Internet Blockade”, in Minghui:",
          "text": "Having access to the truth is a basic right of the general public.",
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          "word": "alapvető"
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "elemi"
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "basilare"
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        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "essenziale"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "fondamentale"
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          "code": "jam",
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "biesik"
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        {
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          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
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          "word": "тӱҥ"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
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          "word": "fundamentalny"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "основно́й"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "elementárnyj",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
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          "roman": "osnovnýj",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidstavóvyj",
          "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
          "word": "підставо́вий"
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        {
          "text": "The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional."
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          "elementary"
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          "simple"
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          "word": "أَسَاسِيّ"
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "himnakan",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "հիմնական"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bázavy",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "ба́завы"
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        {
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "asnóŭny",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "асно́ўны"
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        {
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          "word": "элемэнта́рны"
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        {
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        {
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          "code": "be",
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          "word": "падставо́вы"
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        {
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          "code": "bn",
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          "roman": "mōulik",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "মৌলিক"
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        {
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          "roman": "osnóven",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "fundamentálen",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "фундамента́лен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "bàsic"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīběn de",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "基本的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "基礎的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jīchǔ de",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "基础的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "základní"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "elementární"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "jednoduchý"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "basal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "elementær"
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          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
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          "word": "baza"
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        {
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "vaatimaton"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "yksinkertainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "alkeellinen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "basique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "básico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "einfach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "simpel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "anspruchslos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "elementar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "בְּסִיסִי"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "alapfokú"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "alapszintű"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "osnovnoi"
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        {
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "basic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "basico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "elementare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "semplice"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "alt": "きその",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kiso no",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "基礎の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "alt": "きほんてき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kihonteki",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "基本的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bazistık",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "bazalyq",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "базалық"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gichoui",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "기초의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "mt",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "bażiku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "whakapū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
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          "word": "тӱҥ"
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        {
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "grunnleggende"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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          "word": "ساده"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ota",
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          "word": "بیاغی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ota",
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          "word": "بسیط"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "asâsi",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "اساسی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bonyâdi",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "بنیادی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "podstawowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "básico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bázovyj",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "ба́зовый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osnovnój",
          "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
          "word": "основно́й"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "elementárnyj",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "фундамента́льный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
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        {
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        {
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        {
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          "roman": "bázovyj",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "uk",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "elementárnyj",
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "fundamentálʹnyj",
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          "word": "фундамента́льний"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 6 1",
          "code": "uk",
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          "word": "підставо́вий"
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        },
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          "word": "碱性"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
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        {
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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        {
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          "word": "basique"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
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          "sense": "chemistry: of a base",
          "word": "básico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "chemistry: of a base",
          "word": "basisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
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        {
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        {
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          "word": "basic"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "chemistry: of a base",
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          "code": "ja",
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        {
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          "word": "basisk"
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          "sense": "chemistry: of a base",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "nonbasic"
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      "word": "octabasic"
    },
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      "word": "oligobasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "pentabasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "polybasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "postbasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "prebasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "quadribasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "sesquibasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "superbasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "terbasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "tetrabasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "tribasic"
    },
    {
      "word": "ultrabasic"
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      "word": "universal basic income"
    }
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        "comparative"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 January 24, Tara Law, “There’s a Food Pantry at the Coast Guard Academy. How the Shutdown Is Causing Special Pain for Service Members”, in Time:",
          "text": "Over the past few weeks, U.S. Coast Guard service members, civilian employees and their families have had to scramble to pay for basic necessities. Many have taken donations of food and toiletries from their communities, and frantically called their banks and credit unions to try to avert financial disaster.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 21, “Breaking Through the Internet Blockade”, in Minghui:",
          "text": "Having access to the truth is a basic right of the general public.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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          "essential"
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        {
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        }
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        "Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional."
      ],
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          "base"
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        "(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7."
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        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 February 3, Trevor Thrall, “Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be”, in The Daily Campus, volume 99, number 54, Southern Methodist University, page 4:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Lily Kunda, \"A New Track On Hip-Hipocrisy\", The Marlin Chronicle (Virginia Wesleyan College), 26 February 2015, page 7",
          "text": "\"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.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "It [the online far right] feels full of righteous contempt for anything mainstream, conformist, basic.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool."
      ],
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          "unremarkable"
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        [
          "uninteresting",
          "uninteresting"
        ],
        [
          "boring",
          "boring"
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        [
          "uncool",
          "uncool"
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      ],
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        "(informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool."
      ],
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        "informal"
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        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "asnóŭny",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "асно́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "padstavóvy",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "падставо́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mōulik",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "মৌলিক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnóven",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "осно́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "bàsic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīběn de",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "基本的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "základní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "nezbytný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "basal"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "grundlæggende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "basis-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "elementair"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "baza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "olennainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "perus-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "perustavanlaatuinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "basique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "grundlegend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "elementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "wesentlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "alapvető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "elemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "alap-"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "osnovnoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "basic"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "basilare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "essenziale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "fondamentale"
    },
    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "biesik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きほんてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kihonteki",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "基本的"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "negızgı",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "негізгі"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "bażiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "tüŋ",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "тӱҥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "podstawowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "fundamentalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "básico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "de bază"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "fundamental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnovnój",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "основно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "elementárnyj",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "элемента́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "básico"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osnovnýj",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "основни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidstavóvyj",
      "sense": "necessary, essential for life or some process",
      "word": "підставо́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔasāsiyy",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "أَسَاسِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "himnakan",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "հիմնական"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bázavy",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "ба́завы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "asnóŭny",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "асно́ўны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "eljementárny",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "элемэнта́рны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "fundamjentálʹny",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "фундамента́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "padstavóvy",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "падставо́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mōulik",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "মৌলিক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osnóven",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "осно́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fundamentálen",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "фундамента́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "bàsic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīběn de",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "基本的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "基礎的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīchǔ de",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "基础的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "základní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "elementární"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "jednoduchý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "basal"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "elementær"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "elementair"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "baza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "vaatimaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "yksinkertainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "alkeellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "basique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "básico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "einfach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "simpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "anspruchslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "funktional"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "elementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "בְּסִיסִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "alapfokú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "alapszintű"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "osnovnoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "basic"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "basico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "elementare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "semplice"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きその",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kiso no",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "基礎の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きほんてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kihonteki",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "基本的"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bazistık",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "базистік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bazalyq",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "базалық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gichoui",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "기초의"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "bażiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "whakapū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "tüŋ",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "тӱҥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
      "word": "grunnleggende"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "elementary, simple, merely functional",
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