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noun

  • 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.
  • Usually plural. ( a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)

adjective

  • Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
  • Serving as a base or starting point.
    • usage: "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
  • Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base. .
Basic is a masculine given name
  • Name Meaning: Diminutive of Basil: Royal. Kingly. St Basil the Great was Bishop of Caesarea in the latter half of the 4th century. This name was introduced into Western Europe by the Crusaders. Derived from the same Greek word as the plant name basil
  • Name Origin: Greek

noun

  • The capacity to attract and hold something.
  • Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration.
  • The act of applying a bandage.
  • One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall.
  • The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book.
    • usage: "the book had a leather binding"

verb

  • Stick to firmly.
    • usage: "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall"
  • Create social or emotional ties.
    • usage: "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
  • Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.
    • usage: "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
  • Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.
  • Secure with or as if with ropes.
    • usage: "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
  • Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.
    • usage: "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
  • Provide with a binding.
    • usage: "bind the books in leather"
  • Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.
    • usage: "They tied their victim to the chair"
  • Form a chemical bond with.
    • usage: "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
  • Cause to be constipated.
    • usage: "These foods tend to constipate you"

adjective

  • Executed with proper legal authority.
    • usage: "a binding contract"
(DoD, NATO) The fastening or securing of items to a movable platform called a pallet. See also palletized unit load.