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basic
Adjective
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When something is basic, it is simple.
Everyone in the army has to have basic training.
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When something is basic, it is fundamental or important.
Water is a basic necessity of human life: you cannot live without it.
basic
Noun
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Basics are things that are essential.
Beginners must first learn the basics before they become experts.
stay
Verb
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When you stay, you do not move from where you are.
Whenever I am tired I stay in bed.
He stayed at our house for two weeks.
stay
Noun
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A stay is a period of time when someone does not move from a location.
He had a stay in the country for a year.