The meaning of Basics

noun

The underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process.

Usage examples:

Trust is the only basis for a good working relationship

noun

Solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.

Usage examples:

Flat or slightly rolling terrain is the rule here, and thick soil deposits overlay cretaceous shale…

noun

The tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.

Usage examples:

A pineapple core

verb

Remove the tough central part and seeds from (a fruit).

Usage examples:

Peel and core the pears

combining form

Denoting types of rock or dance music, typically those with an aggressive or extreme style.

Usage examples:

Emocore

noun

The decisive or most important point at issue.

Usage examples:

The crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed

proper noun

The smallest constellation (the cross or southern cross), but the most familiar one to observers in the southern hemisphere. it contains the bright star acrux, the ‘jewel box’ star cluster, and most of the coalsack nebula.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation crux.

Usage examples:

The star beta crucis

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Usage examples:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

noun

A thing that is absolutely necessary.

Usage examples:

We only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment

adjective

Absolutely necessary; extremely important.

Usage examples:

It is essential to keep up-to-date records

adjective

(of a disease) with no known external stimulus or cause; idiopathic.

Usage examples:

Essential hypertension

noun

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

Usage examples:

He ignores some historical and economic facts

noun

The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.

Usage examples:

Foundations were being dug for a block of flats

phrase

The structures below the surface of the ground that support a building

Usage examples:

The foundations will have to be reinforced to prevent the house from sinking further into the groun…

noun

A central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.

Usage examples:

Two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology

adjective

Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.

Usage examples:

The protection of fundamental human rights

noun

Basic financial facts that show whether a business and its shares, etc. or an economy and its currency, are strong and successful

Usage examples:

Share prices have risen across asia as fundamentals improve., global uncertainty is unlikely to bec…

noun

Preliminary or basic work.

Usage examples:

The inquiry's findings are expected to lay the groundwork for a complete overhaul of the system

noun

Work done in preparation for something that will happen later

Usage examples:

The planning committee will lay the groundwork for the conference.

noun

To do work in preparation for work that will be done later

Usage examples:

The company is laying the groundwork for market development.

noun

A softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its shell.

Usage examples:

The kernel of a walnut

noun

The edible part of a nut that is inside the shell, or the whole seed of a grain plant

Usage examples:

Fig. there’s a kernel of truth in what he said (= some small part of it is true).

noun

A long white-fleshed gourd with green skin, which is eaten as a vegetable.

Usage examples:

Other specialist bags have been developed especially for salads and vegetables including even marro…

noun

A friend, companion, or workmate (often used as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Come here, marrer, we need to talk

noun

The soft, fatty tissue in the center of bones

noun

The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry ).

Usage examples:

Pieces of meat

noun

The flesh of an animal when it is used for food

Usage examples:

Get a pound of chopped meat from the supermarket on your way home.

noun

The crux or central point of a matter.

Usage examples:

The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun

The most important or basic part of something

Usage examples:

What do you think is the nub of the problem?

plural noun

The particular conditions of a situation; the actual facts

Usage examples:

I know you have to be in paris tomorrow, but you have to understand the practicalities of arranging…

noun

A preliminary action or event.

Usage examples:

The bombardment was resumed as a preliminary to an infantry attack

adjective

Preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.

Usage examples:

A preliminary draft

noun

A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.

Usage examples:

The basic principles of justice

noun

A moral rule or standard of good behavior or fair dealing

Usage examples:

[ c ] his guiding principle is that everyone should have equal access to high-quality health care.,…

noun

A basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works

Usage examples:

A principle of sth those who paid the most would be earning the most: it's a pretty basic principle…

noun

The first principles of (a subject).

Usage examples:

She taught the girls the rudiments of reading and writing

plural noun

The simplest and most basic facts

Usage examples:

The rudiments of grammar