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base is the dictionary form of baseing Definition of base
base has definitions from the fields of baseball,games,physics,electronics,electricity,military,finance,business,linguistics,economics,politics,anatomy,mathematics,geometry,chemistry,metallurgy |
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[ adjective ] serving as or forming a base
Synonyms 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
Synonyms 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 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
Synonyms Examples "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" |
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[ noun ] (economics,politics) a lower limit
Synonyms Examples : "the government established a wage floor" |
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[ noun ] (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
Examples : "the base of the skull" |
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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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[ noun ] (finance,business) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Synonyms Examples "the industrial base of Japan" |
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[ verb ] use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
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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 Examples "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" |
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[ adjective ] (archaic) illegitimate
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[ noun ] a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
Examples "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
Synonyms Examples "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
Synonyms 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
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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
Examples "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 Examples "10 is the radix of the decimal system" |
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[ noun ] the most important or necessary part of something
Synonyms Examples "the basis of this drink is orange juice" |
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[ noun ] the principal ingredient of a mixture
Examples "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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