base

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/beɪs/

noun 8adj 5verb 4name 1

Collocations

(noun.) lowest part

ADJ

firm, solid, strong

VERB + BASE

have

The large table has a wooden base that keeps it stable on uneven floors.

(noun.) original idea/situation

ADJ

firm, secure, solid, sound, strong

economic, ideological

The country's ideological base shifted dramatically after the revolution.

VERB + BASE

have

establish, give sb, provide (sb with)

The research team established a strong base for their medical breakthrough through years of careful study.

use sth as

PREP

~ for

The old recipe served as a base for creating our own version with different spices.

(noun.) of support/income/power

ADJ

solid, sound

broad, narrow

The company's success rested on a broad base of loyal customers across different countries.

power

The company's financial power base grew stronger after acquiring three regional competitors.

commercial, economic, financial, industrial, manufacturing, tax

The city developed a strong manufacturing base that created thousands of jobs for local workers.

client, customer

VERB + BASE

have

develop, expand, improve, increase

The new manager worked hard to improve the employee base at the factory.

BASE + VERB

grow | shrink

(noun.) main place

ADJ

excellent, ideal, perfect

VERB + BASE

have

Our soccer team had its base at the community center on Maple Street.

establish, set up

The charity established a base in the city to help homeless people.

BASE + NOUN

camp

PREP

~ for

The small coastal town served as an excellent base for exploring the nearby islands.

(noun.) military centre

ADJ

foreign

The military closed its foreign base in the country after the agreement ended.

air, air force, military, missile, NATO, naval, RAF

VERB + BASE

have

build, establish

The company decided to build a new manufacturing base in Southeast Asia last year.

PREP

at a/the~

The soldiers returned to the base after their mission in the desert.

on a/the ~

Military families often have to move when their father gets transferred to a new base.

to (the) ~

The soldiers were tired after their long mission and couldn't wait to return to base.

(verb.)

ADV

closely, firmly

broadly, loosely

The movie is broadly based on true events from the 1960s.

largely

The success of their business plan was based largely on previous experience in the industry.

Definitions

noun

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.

The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.

The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.

verb

To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

To be located (at a particular place).

Take a look at that. This is where we are going to be basing this season.

To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She would base a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows.

To freebase.

You know he started to base at a hell of a pace / And now it's a disgrace, he's got the pipe in his face

adj

Low in height; short.

The cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot.

Low in place or position.

I see thy glory like a shooting star / Fall to the base earth from the firmament.

Of low value or degree.

If thou livest in paine and sorrow, thy base courage is the cause of it, To die there wanteth but will.

Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

UUhat meanes the mightie Turkiſh Emperor To talke with one ſo baſe as Tamburlaine?

Wherefore should I / Stand in the plague of custome, and permit / The curiosity of Nations, to deprive me? For that I am some twelve, or fourteen Moonshines / Lag of a Brother? Why Bastard? Wherefore base? / When my Dimensions are as well compact, My minde as generous, and my shape as true / As honest madams issue? Why brand they us / With Base? With basenes Bastardie? Base, Base?

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

a cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind

base ingratitude

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a support or foundation

noun — a place that the runner must touch before scoring

noun — lowest support of a structure

foundation
fundament
foot
groundwork
substructure
understructure

noun — the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed f

infrastructure

noun — the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or

noun — (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are remov

noun — a lower limit

floor

noun — a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States t

al-qaeda
qaeda
al-qa'ida
al-qaida

noun — the place where you are stationed and from which missions st

home

noun — (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent

radix

noun — the most important or necessary part of something

basis

noun — any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning li

alkali

noun — a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside

nucleotide

verb — use as a basis for

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

free-base

adjective — illegitimate

baseborn

adjective — having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

mean
meanspirited

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

adjective — serving as or forming a base

basal

adjective — not adhering to ethical or moral principles

immoral

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

base over apex

Falling over in a jumbled heap.

touch base

To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.

all your base are belong to us

Used to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.

installed base

The number of units of a system or product that are currently in use.

get to first base

To get as far as the first phase or milestone of a goal.

We are not just people who "happen to be queer" — we are a terribly oppressed minority who will never get to first base in our battle for human and constitutional rights until we s

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The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's

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The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.

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Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

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Take a look at that. This is where we are going to be basing this season.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, base is marked as slang, obsolete, archaic, US, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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