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0 simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something can develop:
He only has a basic command of English (= he only knows the most important and simple words and expressions).
The basic (= most important) problem is that they don't talk to each other enough.
It's the most basic model (= it only has the most simple features).
The crisis has led to price rises in basic foodstuffs, such as meat, cheese, and sugar.
All the music they like is so basic.
1 a common language for writing computer programs in that uses instructions that are similar to English
3 abbreviation for Beginner's all-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code: a simple language for writing computer programs
