Adjective
1. pertaining to or constituting a base or basis;
"a basic fact""the basic ingredients""basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"2. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality;
"a basic story line""a canonical syllable pattern"3. of primary importance;
"basic truths"4. serving as a base or starting point;
"a basic course in Russian""basic training for raw recruits""a set of basic tools""an introductory art course"5. of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base