basic

Definition

Examples

New employees receive basic training during their first week at the company.

Word Family

Synonyms

• fundamentalany factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
• essentialanything indispensable
• elementaryeasy and not involved or complicated

Collocations

• Easy basic knowledge
  describing basic knowledge (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)
• Medium cover basic living expenses
  to cover basic living expenses, meaning to provide with a covering or cause to be covered
• Hard basic macroeconomic fundamentals remain resilient
  describing basic macroeconomic fundamentals remain resilient (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)
• Very Hard return to basic foundational tenets
  to return to basic foundational tenets, meaning to go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before