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basic

English translation: fundamental

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English term or phrase:basic
Selected answer:fundamental
Entered by: Jenni Lukac (X)

07:20 Aug 17, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
English term or phrase: basic
First, industry insiders (managers who have five or more years’ experience in the new organization’s industry) take hold much more quickly than do outsiders. Insiders begin with a larger wave of action and their actions tend to be more basic.

Whatever the author means by @basic@? Deeper? Simpler? Larger in scope?

PS PLEASE do not repost chunks of dictionary articles, violators will be shot, survivors shot again 8)
TIA
danya
Local time: 18:40
fundamental
Explanation:
An idea that appears in various types of texts I have seen in Internet.
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 17:40
Grading comment
thank you!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4fundamental
Jenni Lukac (X)
3 +2fundamental
Tony M
4elementary
Judith Hehir


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
fundamental


Explanation:
An idea that appears in various types of texts I have seen in Internet.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Keiser: I just had the same notion
20 mins
  -> Thanks Goldcoaster. I think that Tony's comments are very insightful as well.
agree  Jack Doughty
3 hrs
  -> Cheers and thanks Jack
agree  George C.
10 hrs
  -> Good evening and thanks, Solarstone
agree  Phong Le
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Hi Phong. Thanks!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fundamental


Explanation:
It's a little hard to follow just what your context is really about, and also, is this EN reliable, native-speaker quality? I almost wonder if 'basic' is the word that was really required here.

Assuming it is, then I would interpret it as meaning that the actions these 'insiders' take have an impact at a more fundamental level — and hence, possibly more far-reaching (so maybe close to your idea of 'deeper'). Because they know the industry so well, they can act in places where it will really make a difference.

I think 'basic' here is being used as an antonym of 'superficial'.

Tony M
France
Local time: 17:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: the author is reliable, unfortunately 8) thank you for the comments

Asker: thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): May have a connotation of 'at the grass roots level'.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina! Yes, that's very much the way I'd see it.
agree  George C.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Solarstone!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
elementary


Explanation:
I don't particularly like the word combination. I would go with "approach" over "actions"


Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 11:40
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I can't help feeling this makes it seem like things are overly simple; maybe even 'elemental' would work better...?
2 hrs
  -> Perhaps. Thank you.
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