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Common collocations with basic in American Collocation

basic adjective

US /ˈbeɪsɪk/

knowledge or ability

grounding
knowledge
skill
technique
understanding

The aim of this course is to provide you with a basic knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.

principle or idea

assumption
belief
concept
criteria
idea
premise
principle
rule
tenet

His basic premise is that there is one principle cause for all health problems.

explanation or description

description
explanation
guide
guidelines
introduction
outline
overview

This excellent book provides a basic overview of microbiology, and gives an up-to-date guide to infections in reproductive medicine.

part or factor

characteristic
component
element
factor
ingredient
part

Linguistics has three core areas: sound, grammatical structure, and meaning – the basic ingredients of human language.