{
    "term": "basic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "forming the part of something that is most necessary and from which other things develop",
            "sensetop": "basic to something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "basic information/facts/ideas"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **basic principles** of law"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**basic** life **skills**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Drums are basic to a lot of African music.",
                    "contextForm": "basic to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a basic fault in the design of the engine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a basic contradiction in the whole idea of paying for justice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They haven't even given us the most basic information we need."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The basic idea is that we all meet up in London."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "of the simplest kind or at the simplest level",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The campsite has only basic amenities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My knowledge of French is pretty basic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The design is very basic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to ask you a few basic questions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The recruits begin their basic training next week."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "necessary and important to all people",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**basic** human **rights**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**basic needs** like food, shelter and security"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the cost of basic foods"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "before anything extra is added",
            "labels": "(especially British English)North American English usually",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The basic pay of the average worker has risen by 3 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "your basic salary/earnings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Before designing the house we planned the basic layout of the rooms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The basic recipe can be adapted by adding grated lemon."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪsɪk/",
                "audio": "ba/basic/basic__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbeɪsɪk/",
                "audio": "ba/basic/basic__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from the noun base + -ic."
}