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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. .
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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
trace

noun

  • A just detectable amount.
    • usage: "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
  • An indication that something has been present.
    • usage: "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
  • A suggestion of some quality.
    • usage: "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
  • A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image.
  • Either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree.
  • A visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle.

verb

  • Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.
    • usage: "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"
  • Make a mark or lines on a surface.
    • usage: "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
  • To go back over again.
    • usage: "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
  • Pursue or chase relentlessly.
    • usage: "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
  • Discover traces of.
    • usage: "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
  • Make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along.
    • usage: "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"
  • Copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of.
    • usage: "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
  • Read with difficulty.
    • usage: "Can you decipher this letter"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Trace is a feminine given name
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