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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

basics

· IPA /bˈeɪsɪks/
01 n. pl. a statement of fundamental facts or principles.
  1. 1.
    a statement of fundamental facts or principles.
  2. 2.
    principles from which other truths can be derived; as, let's get down to basics.
Syn. ABC, ABC's, ABCs, rudiments. — Syn. -- fundamentals, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock.