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Basic English

Basic English proper noun: a simplified controlled language based on English and intended for international communication and TESL.

Proper noun

Basic English

  1. A simplified controlled language based on English and intended for international communication and TESL.

Origin of Basic English

From basic + English.

Questions about Basic English

What does Basic English mean?
Basic English means a simplified controlled language based on English and intended for international communication and TESL.
What part of speech is Basic English?
Basic English is a proper noun.

Words near Basic English in the dictionary

  1. basic Bs
  2. basic cable
  3. basic ed
  4. basic education
  5. basic educations
  6. Basic English
  7. basic form
  8. basic forms
  9. basic ignition timing
  10. basic ignition timings
  11. basic income

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Basic English (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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