basic information

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandinformation

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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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information
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
facts about a situation, person, ...
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(Definition ofbasicandinformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbasic information

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Table 1 providesbasicinformationon each of these countries.
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Table 1 summarizes thebasicinformationby country and party.
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The measurable quantities determined by this technique containbasicinformation.
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Evenbasicinformationon the crop is not available.
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Basicinformationon employment, children and marriage was also collected.
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To make the present paper self-contained we include thebasicinformation-theoretic definitions needed.
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Thus,basicinformationabout the process of establishing new attachments needs to be gathered.
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As students investigate these questions, they are presented withbasicinformation, real data, and conflicting viewpoints.
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The internal data are thebasicinformationthat define the component.
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These websites contain useful introductions to the field in terms of instrumentation, links andbasicinformation.
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Basicinformationabout this normal lifespan is easily derived from social and temporal comparisons.
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Although this is useful in providingbasicinformation, it does not inspire.
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Again, the basic principle must be that withholdingbasicinformationfrom learners works against language learning.
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To make the present paper self-contained we recall thebasicinformation-theoretic definitions needed.
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The same situation applies tobasicinformationabout these works and their composers.
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The 131-page guide begins withbasicinformationabout depression symptoms, causes and professional help available.
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As a consequence,basicinformationon members and committees has generally not been collected.
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This givesbasicinformationon types of depressive illness, causes and treatment.
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Examination of these themes calls for considerablebasicinformationabout inter-war suburbs and how they were created.
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This is used to communicatebasicinformationabout the state of each managed component to other relevant autonomic elements.
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Thebasicinformationon chronology and major regional ceramic (figurine) styles was assembled during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Basicinformationon well irrigation was collected using a small questionnaire from all the well owners in the sample villages.
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The latter works were in fact supposed to provide thebasicinformationfor the composition of the colonialist histories.
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