basic form

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandform

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofbasicandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbasic form

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In its mostbasicformthe viable system model resembles a simple flow chart connecting the five levels of the system hierarchy.
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The striving to integrate and cohesively direct action is abasicformof biological activity.
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Whereas the choice ofbasicformwas limited, savings could always be effected in the materials used.
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In their mostbasicform, exchange systems comprised flows of foodstuffs between tenants and their chief or landlord.
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Thebasicformof the plate equation is not restricted to a linear membrane.
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In its mostbasicform, the pain system can be regarded as another homeostatic system; a system that regulates adjustments to restore a balance.
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These used a concentric pattern, which usually starts with a circle or square as thebasicform, divided by diagonal lines.
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These mules were in high demand as thebasicformof transport in this pre-railroad era.
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A limiting factor to the investigation is that turbidity develops as a consequence of the transition from thebasicformto the acid one.
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Object messages (method invocation) can be seen as the mostbasicformof interaction.
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On to thisbasicformare added the key features.
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The statement of the optimization theorem for a protocol stack has the samebasicformas one for micro-protocols.
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For the street people, the mostbasicformof existence, the occupying of physical space, was seen as being under constant threat, which hindered hope.
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But perhaps there is a field of research which tries to findbasicformrecognition in the mind.
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Yet, the most natural andbasicformof language use is dialogue.
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We will discuss this after the proof of the theorem in itsbasicform.
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In the mostbasicformof bunched logic, the two logical structures (imposed on the same category) exist independently of one another.
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Such subjectivity is reduced but not removed by the requirement that thebasicformof the analysis should be prespecified.
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