basics


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Noun1.basics - a statement of fundamental facts or principlesbasics - a statement of fundamental facts or principles
fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
2.basics - principles from which other truths can be derivedbasics - principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
ABC, ABCs, ABC's, first principle, first rudiment, rudiment, alphabet - the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
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Translations
základy
grundlag
perusteet
osnove
基本
기본 원리
från grunden
สิ่งที่เป็นพื้นฐาน
những vấn đề cơ bản

basics

[ˈbeɪsɪks] npl
the basics → l'essentiel m
the basics of sth → les bases de qch, les principes fondamentaux de qch
to master the basics → acquérir les bases
to get back to basics (= concentrate on essentials) → se concentrer sur l'essentielbasic training n
(US) (in the armed forces)entraînement m militaire (de base)
to undergo basic training → faire ses classes
(for worker)formation f de base
basic training in sth → formation f de base en qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

basics

أَسَاسِيات základy grundlag Grundlagen θεμελιώδη conceptos básicos, lo esencial perusteet essentiel osnove basi 基本 기본 원리 grondbeginselen det grunnleggende podstawy fundamentos основы från grunden สิ่งที่เป็นพื้นฐาน temel bilgiler những vấn đề cơ bản 要素
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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The defects," he added, with a look at the ruined brick-work, "are merely basic and fundamental."
There was a basic harmony between Antonia and her mistress.
The basic life of him dominated him again, and his intelligence fled before the will of his flesh to live.
Also he slightly froze the edges of his lung-tissues--a dangerous thing, and the basic reason why a man should not unduly exert himself in the open at sixty-five below.
While his imagination was fanciful, even fantastic at times, he had a basic love of reality that compelled him to write about the things he knew.
Virginia's frocks were hung under a shelf where there were three dolls, some hoops, a doll-house, and a basic which she had used.
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All my lines of thought lead me back invariably to the one basic question--why should an athletic man develop his frame upon so unnatural an instrument as a single dumb-bell?"
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