Basics and Rule

Basics

Basics noun - General or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based.

Usage example: if you don't learn the basics of algebra now, you'll never master calculus

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Rule and basics are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rule" instead a noun "Basics".

Nearby Words: basic, basically

Rule noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.

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Basics and rule are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Basics" instead a noun "Rule".

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

normal	normal basics	normal rule
certain	certain basics	certain rule
simple	simple basics	simple rule
absolute	absolute basics	absolute rule
Other adjectives: new, universal, military, fundamental, basic.

There is even a "quick learning under pressure" rule to let you learn the basics of a skill after trying to use it in a stressful situation if you succeed at an IQ roll.

Source: Taught by Experience
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Basics, part II", the "don't touch the lava" rule is very much in effect when, during an evacuation from a volcanic eruption, Chakotay rescues an alien girl who's somehow gotten herself stranded on a piece of rock.

Source: Convection Schmonvection
Wiz gets to the basics of the Rule Magic: where previously a human must study for years the exact words and actions to perform a spell, Wiz uses a few simplest and most reproducible spells as an assembly language and creates a programming compiler for more complex spells.

Source: Functional Magic aka: Magic

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