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Basic and Premier

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 person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom.
  • The person who is head of state (in several countries.

verb

  • Be performed for the first time.
    • usage: "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
  • Perform a work for the first time.

adjective

  • First in rank or degree.
    • usage: "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"
  • Preceding all others in time.
    • usage: "the premiere showing"
  • (a.) First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister.
  • (a.) Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree.
  • (n.) The first minister of state; the prime minister.