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Basic and Inner

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

adjective

  • Located inward."Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness- A. R. Gurney, Jr.
  • Located or occurring within or closer to a center.
    • usage: "an inner room"
  • Innermost or essential.
    • usage: "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
  • Confined to an exclusive group.
    • usage: "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
  • Exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence.
    • usage: "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"
  • Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
    • usage: "the inner ear"