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basic

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. .
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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
supporting

noun

  • The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening.
    • usage: "he leaned against the wall for support"

verb

  • Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
    • usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
  • Support materially or financially.
    • usage: "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
  • Be behind; approve of.
    • usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
    • usage: "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror"
  • Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
    • usage: "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • Adopt as a belief.
    • usage: "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
    • usage: "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • Argue or speak in defense of.
    • usage: "She supported the motion to strike"
  • Play a subordinate role to (another performer. )
    • usage: "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
  • Be a regular customer or client of.
    • usage: "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
  • Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
    • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

adjective

  • Furnishing support and encouragement.
    • usage: "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
  • Capable of bearing a structural load.
    • usage: "a supporting wall"
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(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Support.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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