Collocations for "basic"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "basic" in context.
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basic
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- basic [knowledge, understanding] of
- basic [education, training] in
- a basic [ingredient, element] of
- is the basic idea (of, that)
- the basic needs of the [family, people, poor]
- [have, possess, learn, develop] basic skills (in)
- [considered, viewed, thought of] as basic
- the basic principles [behind, of, concerning]
- basic for [applications, learning, progress]
- basic to [understanding, determining]
- basic for the [understanding] of
- basic and [advanced, further, university] education
- a basic solution of
- basic [lead, sodium]
- (daily) basics like [flour, bread, water]
- you only need to [learn, know] the basics
- can you [teach, show] me the basics?
- are going back to basics
- the basics of the [operation, job, trade, project]
- the basics of [driving, swimming, carpentry]
- [learn, use] BASIC (to program)
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'basic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
lack
- must
- program
- concept
- element
- English
- framework
- freedom
- French
- German
- knowledge
- it
- understanding
- skill
- sense
- search
- rule
- role
- right
- requirement
- need
- necessary
- material
- maintenance
- computing
- charter
- clause
- denial
- Dutch
- electronic
- allowance
- gas
- gist
- goodness
- grammar
- Greek
- infringement
- necessity
- premise
- provision
- upgrade
- appalling
- Swedish
- fluency
- tenet
- notion
- mechanic
