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Etymology

Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual.

derived from βάσις
derived from basis
derived from base
inherited from base
formed as basic — “base + -ic”

Definitions

1
Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
- Having access to the truth is a basic right of the general public.
2
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is very basic.
Of or pertaining to a base
Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
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1. 4
  Unremarkable or uninteresting
  Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
  - I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic.
  - And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic. My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
  - "I couldn't get into it, I could barely understand what he's saying – it had too much cursing and explicit language," said Cortnee Brandon. "I think his lyrics are easy...he's basic. Kendrick Lamar is kind of overrated."
2. 5
  A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
  - Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
3. 6
  An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
  - Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
  - I know the basics of sailing and would love to learn more.
4. 7
  Basic training.
  - The drill sergeants gave him hell in basic.
  - When I shipped out for basic, the Orbital Defense Grid was all theory and politics.
5. 8
  Any of a family of third-generation programming languages.
  - Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
6. Initialism of Brazil, South Africa, India and China.
7. Initialism of British American Security Information Council.
8. 11
  A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on).
  - Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at basic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at basic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at basic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.