base is the dictionary form of baseing Definition of base
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[ verb ] use as a basis for; found on

Examples

"base a claim on some observation"

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[ adjective ] serving as or forming a base

Synonyms

basal

Examples

"the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

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[ noun ] (military) installation from which a military force initiates operations

Examples

"the attack wiped out our forward bases"

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[ noun ] lowest support of a structure

Examples

"it was built on a base of solid rock" "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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[ noun ] (baseball,games) place that runner must touch before scoring

Synonyms

bag

Examples

"he scrambled to get back to the bag"

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[ noun ] the bottom or lowest part

Examples

"the base of the mountain"

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[ noun ] the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Examples

"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

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[ noun ] (economics,politics) a lower limit

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floor

Examples

: "the government established a wage floor"

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[ noun ] (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

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: "the base of the skull"

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[ noun ] a support or foundation

Synonyms

stand pedestal

Examples

"the base of the lamp"

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[ adjective ] of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

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humble lowly baseborn

Examples

"baseborn wretches with dirty faces" "of humble (or lowly) birth"

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[ noun ] (mathematics,geometry) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

Examples

"the base of the triangle"

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[ verb ] assign to a station

Synonyms

send station post place

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[ noun ] (finance,business) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

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infrastructure

Examples

"the industrial base of Japan"

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[ verb ] use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

Synonyms

free-base

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[ noun ] (chemistry) any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

Synonyms

alkali

Examples

"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

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[ adjective ] (archaic) illegitimate

Synonyms

baseborn

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[ noun ] (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Examples

"thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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[ noun ] a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

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"a tub should sit on its own base"

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[ adjective ] debased; not genuine

Examples

"an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"

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[ adjective ] not adhering to ethical or moral principles

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"base and unpatriotic motives" "a base, degrading way of life" "cheating is dishonorable" "they considered colonialism immoral" "unethical practices in handling public funds"

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[ adjective ] having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

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mean meanspirited

Examples

"liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

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[ noun ] the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Synonyms

home

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[ noun ] (politics) an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30771
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[ adjective ] (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

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"base coins of aluminum" "a base metal"

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[ noun ] (in a digital numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

Synonyms

radix

Examples

"10 is the radix of the decimal system"

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[ noun ] the most important or necessary part of something

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basis

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"the basis of this drink is orange juice"

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[ noun ] the principal ingredient of a mixture

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"glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments" "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green" "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"

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[ noun ] (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
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