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Necessary, essential for life or some process.

(elementary) Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

(informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.

A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

(military) Basic training.