adj.
1.pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
2.reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
3.of primary importance
4.serving as a base or starting point
5.of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base basic n.
1.a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn
2.(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
Idiom of the Day
no-win situation
a situation where there is no satisfactory solution
It was a no-win situation for the school when they had to deal with the problem student.
