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Base

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Definitions for Base

noun
installation from which a military force initiates operations
Synonyms
base of operations
Examples
  1. the attack wiped out our forward bases
noun
lowest support of a structure
Synonyms
foundation fundament foot groundwork substructure understructure
Examples
  1. it was built on a base of solid rock
  2. he stood at the foot of the tower
noun
a place that the runner must touch before scoring
Synonyms
bag
Examples
  1. he scrambled to get back to the bag
noun
the bottom or lowest part
Examples
  1. the base of the mountain
noun
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
Examples
  1. the base of the skull
noun
a lower limit
Synonyms
floor
Examples
  1. the government established a wage floor
noun
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Synonyms
basis foundation fundament groundwork cornerstone
Examples
  1. the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
noun
a support or foundation
Synonyms
pedestal stand
Examples
  1. the base of the lamp
noun
a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside
Synonyms
nucleotide
Examples
  1. the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
noun
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
  1. bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
noun
the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
Examples
  1. the base of the triangle
noun
the most important or necessary part of something
Synonyms
basis
Examples
  1. the basis of this drink is orange juice
noun
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Synonyms
radix
Examples
  1. 10 is the radix of the decimal system
noun
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Synonyms
home
noun
a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups
Synonyms
al-Qaeda Qaeda al-Qa'ida al-Qaida al Qaeda al Qaida
Examples
  1. has cells in more than 50 countries
noun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Synonyms
root root word stem theme radical
Examples
  1. thematic vowels are part of the stem
noun
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Synonyms
infrastructure
Examples
  1. the industrial base of Japan
noun
the principal ingredient of a mixture
Examples
  1. glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments
  2. he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green
  3. everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base
noun
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
Examples
  1. a tub should sit on its own base
noun
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
verb
use as a basis for
Synonyms
establish ground found
Examples
  1. found on
  2. base a claim on some observation
verb
situate as a center of operations
Examples
  1. we will base this project in the new lab
verb
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
Synonyms
free-base
adjective
serving as or forming a base
Synonyms
basal
Examples
  1. the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
adjective
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Synonyms
baseborn humble lowly
Examples
  1. baseborn wretches with dirty faces
  2. of humble (or lowly) birth
adjective
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
Examples
  1. base coins of aluminum
  2. a base metal
adjective
not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Synonyms
immoral
Examples
  1. base and unpatriotic motives
  2. a base, degrading way of life
  3. cheating is dishonorable
  4. they considered colonialism immoral
  5. unethical practices in handling public funds
adjective
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
Synonyms
mean meanspirited
Examples
  1. that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke
  2. taking a mean advantage
  3. chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare
  4. something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
adjective
illegitimate
Synonyms
baseborn
adjective
debased
Examples
  1. not genuine
  2. an attempt to eliminate the base coinage

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