Usually means: Fundamental principles or essential elements.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word basics:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. BASICs, basics: Merriam-Webster
  2. basics: Collins English Dictionary
  3. basics: Vocabulary.com
  4. Basic's, Basics, basics: Wordnik
  5. basics: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. basics: Wiktionary
  7. basics: Dictionary.com
  8. basics: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Basics (Houston Person album), Basics (Paul Bley album), Basics, The Basics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. basics: Rhymezone
  11. basics: FreeDictionary.org
  12. basics: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. basics: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. basics: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. basics: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BASICS: Acronym Finder
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. basics: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  "Basics" comprises the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the science fiction television Star Trek: Voyager, the cliffhanger between the second season and the third season.
▸ noun:  a solo album by the pianist Paul Bley, recorded in 2000 and released on the Justin Time label.
▸ noun:  an album by saxophonist Houston Person recorded in 1987 and released on the Muse label in 1989.Muse Records discography, accessed February 16, 2018Payne, D., Houston Person discography, accessed February 16, 2018Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5300 to 5349, accessed February 16, 2018Enciclopedia del Jazz: Houston Person accessed March 12, 2018


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shirt, pants, socks, underwear, t-shirt, jeans, leggings, sweatshirt, hoodie, more...

Phrases:
back to basics, Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning, Food Basics, Back to Basics Tour, The Basics, more...

Adjectives:
few, very, such, other, certain, back, non, simple, important, absolute, real

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Opposite:
advanced, complex, esoteric

Types:
shirt, pants, socks, underwear, t-shirt, jeans, leggings, sweatshirt, hoodie, more...

Phrases:
back to basics, Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning, Food Basics, Back to Basics Tour, The Basics, kindergarten basics, stripping something down to basics, bare basics, basics of education, more...

Adjectives:
few, very, such, other, certain, back, non, simple, important, absolute, real

Colors:
    red,     blue,     yellow,     green,     black, more...




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