noun [pl.]
1 ~ (of sth) the most important and necessary facts, skills, ideas, etc. from which other things develop:
the basics of computer programming * This range of books for young children covers basics like the alphabet and numbers.
2 the simplest and most important things that people need in a particular situation:
Some schools lack money for basics like books and pencils.
IDIOMS
go / get back to basics to think about the simple or most important ideas within a subject or an activity instead of new ideas or complicated details:
Managers should get back to basics and examine the kind of products people really want.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This entry for basics is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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