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Definition: Basics |
BasicsNoun1. A statement of fundamental facts or principles. 2. Principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "basics" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Synonyms: BasicsSynonyms: basic principle (n), bedrock (n), fundamental principle (n), fundamentals (n), rudiments (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Basics |
| Specialty definitions using "basics": BSF ♦ Microsoft Basic, msgGUI ♦ Tiny Basic Interpreter Language ♦ ZX-80. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, you taught them the basics, that's important (Kindergarten Cop; writing credit: Murray Salem) We're going back to basics. To find our heart (Ready to Rumble; writing credit: Steven Brill) | |
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| "Jan" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "This lady is 70, camps arcross the continent from deep Mexico to Alaska in an old van she outfitted with just basics. She is my new role model." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some may have to be told such basics as the fact that cancer is not contagious. (references) | |
One common cause of sciatica is a herniated disc (see Spine Basics in the Appendix). (references) | ||
In the following pages, you will learn the basics about Medicaid as well as useful contact information on how to find more in-depth information. (references) | ||
Business | Unfortunately, the extreme rural and impoverished lifestyle is a way of life for many. As a result, the majority population is primarily interested in life's basics -- food and water-- not the newly constructed hotel being built in their area. Therefore, there are conflicts between tourism developers and local communities in respect to projects in the rural areas. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | While the specifics of Taiwan's consumer market are unique, the basics are the same as anywhere. (references) |
Travel | South Africa | Business cards are usually simple, including only the basics such as company logo, name, business title, address, telephone number, and fax number. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We're stressing basics of discipline, rigorous testing, and homework, while helping children become computer-smart as well. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | If you doubt this will work, look at Chicago, which ended social promotion and made summer school mandatory for those who don't master the basics. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | What counts are the fact that the schools will be teaching the basics, and children learn how to read and compute. |
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| "Basics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Basics" is used about 411 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 411 | 13,718 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "basics": back-to-basics. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
back to basics | 235 | yoga basics | 31 |
visual basics | 151 | body basics | 29 |
computer basics | 105 | baseball basics | 28 |
html basics | 97 | basketball basics | 26 |
belly basics | 95 | basics of photography | 25 |
design basics | 89 | back to basics hair product | 25 |
basics food | 89 | sewing basics | 25 |
golf basics | 87 | tennis basics | 25 |
basics | 81 | football basics | 25 |
accounting basics | 61 | internet basics | 25 |
guitar basics | 58 | piano basics | 24 |
investing basics | 50 | skateboarding basics | 23 |
fly fishing basics | 48 | c++ basics | 23 |
vital basics | 45 | wine basics | 22 |
back to basics toy | 44 | back to basics dog food | 22 |
wood basics | 39 | cooking basics | 22 |
networking basics | 37 | office basics | 22 |
basics fishing | 36 | investment basics | 21 |
stock market basics | 33 | programming basics | 20 |
basics of nanotechnology | 33 | design basics inc | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "basics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | alfabet (ABC, alphabet, Character ABC, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), abc (ABC, alphabet, Character ABC, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Albanian | abece (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Arabic | مبادئ (essentials, principles, rules). (various references) | |
Chinese | 基本 (Elementary, rudimentary). (various references) | |
Czech | základy (abc, elements, grounding, groundwork, rudiments, the elements), jádro vìci (crux of the matter, gist, the core of the matter). (various references) | |
Dutch | basisbeginselen (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), eerste beginselen (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), alfabet (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), ABC (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Faeroese | stavrað (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
French | alphabet, abc (design basic accident). (various references) | |
Frisian | abee (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
German | wesentliche (marrow, pith, substance, substantial), Grundlagen (bases, foundations, fundamentals, rudiments, substructures), einmaleins (multiplication tables, times tables), Alphabet (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | abece (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ábécé (a b c, a.b.c., abc, alphabet, criss-cross-row, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Icelandic | stafróf (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Italian | alfabeto (a b c, a.b.c., abc, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, illiterate, rudiments). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 手解き (initiation, learning the basics). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | てほどき (initiation, learning the basics). (various references) | |
Korean | 기초 (Basal, Basis, foundation, rudiment, rudiments). (various references) | |
Papiamen | alfabèt (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asicsbay.(various references) | |
Russian | основы (a.b.c., abc, alphabet, elements, outlines), основа (backbone, base, basis, essentials, framework, fundamentals, grassroots, groundwork, medulla, pivot, rudiments, warp). (various references) | |
Scottish | aibidil (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Spanish | lo esencial (crux, nub, the heart of the matter, the main thing), alfabeto (a b c, a.b.c., abc, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), abecé (a b c, a.b.c., abc, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Swedish | grunderna (rudiments). (various references) | |
Tagalog | katitikan (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), alpabeto (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments), abakada (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, rudiments). (various references) | |
Thai | ส่วนที่สำคัญที่สุด. (various references) | |
Turkish | temeller (bases, foundations), temel öğeler, alfabe (ABC, alphabet, elements, fundamentals, primer, rudiments, script). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "basics": ultrabasics. (additional references) | |
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"Basics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asics, babich, badiks, barices, basica, Bassix, Bastica, Bawsinch, Besikci, bissick, Blasius, Blazwick. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "basics" (pronounced bā"siks) |
| 4 | -s i k s | anorexics, biophysics, classics, forensics, toxics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-s-s" | |
-1 letter: basic, basis, bassi, isbas, scabs. | |
-2 letters: asci, bass, bias, cabs, isba, sabs, sacs, scab, sibs, sics. | |
-3 letters: abs, ais, ass, bas, bis, cab, cis, sab, sac, sib, sic, sis. | |
-4 letters: ab, ai, as, ba, bi, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-i-s-s" | |
+1 letter: abscise, scabies, sebasic. | |
+2 letters: abscised, abscises, abscisin, abscissa, asbestic, ascribes, brassica, cambisms, cambists, scabiosa, scabious, sickbays. | |
+3 letters: abscising, abscisins, abscissae, abscissas, abstricts, backlists, backsides, backspins, basilicas, brassicas, brisances, cabalisms, cabalists, sabbatics, scabbiest, scabiosas, sociables, subsocial, subvicars, syllabics. | |
+4 letters: abscessing, abscission, accessible, accessibly, backslides, backstairs, backswings, ballistics, basicities, blacklists, blastodisc, braincases, briefcases, cannabises, carburises, crabsticks, cymbalists, obeisances, scabiouses, sibilances, stickballs, strabismic, subarctics. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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