basics

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

basics
    n 1: a statement of fundamental facts or principles [syn:
         {basics}, {rudiments}]
    2: principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you
       must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
       [syn: {fundamentals}, {basics}, {fundamental principle},
       {basic principle}, {bedrock}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

basics \basics\ n. pl.
   1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles.

   Syn: ABC, ABC's, ABCs, rudiments.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. principles from which other truths can be derived; as,
      let's get down to basics.

   Syn: fundamentals, fundamental principle, basic principle,
        bedrock.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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