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[ UK /bˈe‍ɪsɪs/ ]
[ US /ˈbeɪsəs, ˈbeɪsɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the most important or necessary part of something
    the basis of this drink is orange juice
  2. a relation that provides the foundation for something
    they were on a friendly footing
    he worked on an interim basis
  3. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
    the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

How To Use basis In A Sentence

  • Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
  • Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
  • A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
  • Her own valuers had estimated that the property was worth £150,000 on the basis of agricultural use of the surrounding land, and virtually nothing on the basis of mining and/or landfill operations.
  • She visited her relatives in Castledermot on a yearly basis when her brother and sister were alive.
  • By 1946, Woodhouse contends, the political objectives of all factions were clear to all, and there was no basis on which to argue that EAM's supporters were 'hoodwinked'. back Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
  • I've got to make a couple of very hard decisions on a daily basis instead of taking the easy drifty way out.
  • Second, lump sum payments are worked out on the basis of an assumed life expectancy.
  • But they may still serve a basis for some generalisation when the issue of ‘partnership’ is brought into question.
  • Until the 2nd century BC, the curule aedileships rotated on a yearly basis between patricians and plebeians.
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