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[ UK /bˈe‍ɪs/ ]
[ US /ˈbeɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the principal ingredient of a mixture
    everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base
    he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green
    glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments
  2. the bottom or lowest part
    the base of the mountain
  3. a place that the runner must touch before scoring
    he scrambled to get back to the bag
  4. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    thematic vowels are part of the stem
  5. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
    the base of the skull
  6. the most important or necessary part of something
    the basis of this drink is orange juice
  7. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
    bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
  8. installation from which a military force initiates operations
    the attack wiped out our forward bases
  9. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
    the base of the triangle
  10. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
  11. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
    10 is the radix of the decimal system
  12. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
    the industrial base of Japan
  13. a support or foundation
    the base of the lamp
  14. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
  15. a lower limit
    the government established a wage floor
  16. lowest support of a structure
    it was built on a base of solid rock
    he stood at the foot of the tower
  17. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
    a tub should sit on its own base
  18. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
  19. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
    that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
    chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
    taking a mean advantage
    something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
  2. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
    base coins of aluminum
    a base metal
  3. debased; not genuine
    an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
  4. not adhering to ethical or moral principles
    cheating is dishonorable
    a base, degrading way of life
    base and unpatriotic motives
    they considered colonialism immoral
    unethical practices in handling public funds
  5. serving as or forming a base
    the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
  6. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    baseborn wretches with dirty faces
    of humble (or lowly) birth
  7. illegitimate
VERB
  1. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
  2. use as a basis for; found on
    base a claim on some observation
  3. situate as a center of operations
    we will base this project in the new lab
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  • But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.
  • We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
  • They have recognized that their business depends on world of mouth, and that world of mouth is based on customer satisfaction.
  • The method enhances data recoverability in keyed database records.
  • A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
  • Based upon analysis of duplicate samples, reproducibility was better than 3% of the measured concentration of each element.
  • Of all types of commercially based American music, jazz is the one that has most consistently fostered musical artistry on a high level.
  • Turn out the lot and the wellrotted stuff at the base can be put on unplanted soil. The Sun
  • The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes. Christianity Today
  • It would not be so bad if these tests were actually based on science or some objective measure but they are usually exercises in bureaucratic futility. Barack Obama Elected President of the United States | One Year Later...What's Changed?
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