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Definition of Base

Noun

Base (plural Bases)
  1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
    1. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
  2. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; (Basis).
  3. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
  4. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
  5. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
  6. Important areas in games and sports
  7. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
  8. (military) A locality from which operations are projected or supported.
  9. (military) An area or locality containing installations which provide logistic or other support.
  10. (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
  11. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
  12. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
  13. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a transistor.
  14. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
  15. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
    The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
  16. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
  17. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
  18. (cheerleading) A cheerleader who stays on the ground.

Verb

Base (third-person singular simple present Bases, present participle basing, simple past and past participle based)

  1. (transitive) To have as its foundation or starting point.
  2. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).

Adjective

Base (comparative baser or more Base, superlative basest or most Base)

  1. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
  2. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
  3. Immoral; not adhering to ethical or moral principles.
  4. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
  5. (archaic) Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

Adjectives for Base

substantial; solidified; tottering; commodious; crumbling; flattering; immutable; firm; circular.

Verbs for Base

advance to—; attach to—; break from—; build on—; challenge—; communicate with —; construct—; create—; decorate—; dump at—; enlarge—; establish—; gather at—; hollow—; issue from—; mould—; protect—; puncture—; rest on—; separate from—; set on—; situate at—; spread on—; store at—;—projects.

Adverbs for Base

  • (immoral; unworthy) intolerably; meanly; ignobly; obscurely; contemptibly; abjectly; unbecomingly; undisguisedly; shamefully; glaringly; flagrantly; unmistakably; palpably; nakedly; brazenly; shamelessly; flauntingly; sorrily; brutishily; rudely; fawningly; obsequiously; cringingly; sneakily; subtly.
  • (to use as a basis for) primarily; wholly; unsoundly; substantially, totteringly; firmly; immutably.

Synonyms for Base

Antonyms for Base

Thesaurus

abhorrent, abject, abominable, acid, acidity, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, anchor, angle, anion, antacid, antecedents, arrant, atom, atrocious, awful, background, bad, baluster, balustrade, banister, base of operations, base-minded, baseboard, baseborn, basement, basis, bearing wall, beastly, bed, bed on, bedding, bedrock, beggarly, below contempt, beneath contempt, biochemical, black, blackguardly, blamable, blameworthy, bolster, bottom, bottom on, brutal, build, build in, build on, buttress, caitiff, call, camp, caryatid, cation, causation, cause, cause and effect, center of authority, central administration, central office, central station, chassis, cheap, cheesy, chemical, chemical element, chromoisomer, clown white, coarse, cold cream, collector, colonnade, column, command post, common, compact, company headquarters, compound, construct, contemptible, copolymer, core, corrupt, cosmetics, counterfeit, cowardly, craven, criminal, crude, crummy, dado, damnable, dark, dastard, dastardly, debased, deficient, degraded, degrading, deplorable, depraved, derive, despicable, determinant, determinative, detestable, die, dimer, dire, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, dishonorable, disreputable, distance, downtrodden, draw, dreadful, drugstore complexion, dunghill, dunghilly, egregious, element, emitter, enormous, establish, etiology, evil, evil-minded, execrable, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, factor, fake, fetid, filamentary transistor, filthy, fix, flagitious, flagrant, floor, flooring, fond, foot, footing, footstalk, forbidding, forged, form, foul, found, found on, foundation, foundation cream, fourth-class, frame, framework, fraudulent, fulsome, fundament, fundamental, general headquarters, germanium crystal triode, grave, greasepaint, grievous, gross, ground, ground on, grounds, groundwork, hand cream, hand lotion, hardpan, hateful, headquarters, heavy chemicals, heinous, high polymer, hinge, home, homopolymer, hook-collector transistor, horrible, horrid, humble, humiliating, hydracid, ignoble, ignominious, imperfect, improper, inadequate, incompetent, indecent, infamous, inferior, infra dig, infrastructure, iniquitous, inorganic chemical, install, insufferable, insufficient, invest, ion, irregular, isomer, jack, keel, knavish, lamentable, lascivious, lay the foundation, lewd, line of departure, lip rouge, lipstick, little, loathsome, lousy, low, low-class, low-down, low-grade, low-minded, low-quality, low-test, lowborn, lower strata, lowest level, lowest point, lowly, lumpen, macromolecule, main office, makeup, maladroit, malodorous, mangy, mascara, mean, measly, mediocre, menial, mephitic, metamer, miasmal, miasmic, miserable, molecule, monomer, monstrous, mopboard, mudpack, nadir, nail polish, nasty, naughty, nauseating, nefarious, neutralizer, newel-post, noisome, nonacid, not comparable, not in it, notorious, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, obscene, occasion, odious, offensive, organic chemical, ornery, out of it, outrageous, oxyacid, paint, paltry, pavement, peccant, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, perspective, petty, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pinchbeck, pitch, pitiable, pitiful, place, plant, plebeian, plinth, point of departure, point-contact transistor, poky, pole, poltroon, poltroonish, polymer, poor, pornographic, port of embarkation, position, post, powder, powder puff, predicate, principle, profane, prop, pseudoisomer, puff, punk, pusillanimous, put in, put up, queen-post, radical, rank, rascally, reagent, rebarbative, recreant, regrettable, repellent, reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, repugnant, repulsive, rest, revolting, ribald, riprap, rock bottom, roguish, root, rotten, rouge, rubbishy, rude, rudiment, sad, scabby, scampish, scandalous, schlock, scoundrelly, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurrilous, scurvy, seat, seating, second-best, second-class, secure, seedy, selfish, servile, set, set on, set up, shabby, shaft, shameful, shocking, shoddy, shoemold, sickening, sill, sinful, slavish, sleazy, small, socle, sole, solid ground, solid rock, sordid, sorry, spacistor, spurious, squalid, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standing, start, starting gate, starting place, starting point, starting post, station, status, stay, stem, stereobate, stimulus, stinking, stylobate, subbase, submissive, subservient, substratum, substruction, substructure, sulfacid, support, surbase, tacky, takeoff, talcum, talcum powder, tatty, terra firma, terrible, tetrode transistor, theme, third-class, third-rate, tinny, toe, too bad, transistor, trashy, trimer, trivial, trunk, ugly, unclean, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergird, undergirding, underlie, underlying level, underpinning, understruction, understructure, undignified, unforgivable, unipolar transistor, unmentionable, unpardonable, unseemly, unskillful, unspeakable, unwashed, unworthy, upright, vanishing cream, vanity case, venue, vest, vicious, viewpoint, vile, villainous, vulgar, wainscot, war paint, warrant, wicked, woeful, 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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (basis).

Etymology 2

From Old French bas from Late Latin bassus (“low”).

Derived terms

terms derived from base (noun)
terms derived from base (adjective)

Related terms

Translations

Noun

foundation
starting point
permanent structure for housing a military
headquarters
chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
safe zone in children's game
lowermost part of a column
baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
colloquial term for a nucleotide
end of a leaf,petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane of a 3D object
number raised to the power of an exponent (mathematics)

Verb

have as its foundation or starting point
be located

Adjective

low
of inferior quality
immoral
vulgar, common
describing metals

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

Base f. (plural Bases)

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. grounding
  4. foundation

Related terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Base f. (plural Basen, no diminutive)

  1. base (chemistry: class of compounds), alkali

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Base f. (plural Bases)

  1. base (bottom part of something)
  2. base (safe place)
  3. base, basis (fundamental belief)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Latin basis.

Noun

base f. (plural basi)

  1. base
  2. basis

Antonyms

Related terms

Latin

Noun

base

  1. ablative singular of basis


Spanish

Noun

Base

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. (linear algebra) basis
  4. grounding
  5. foundation
  6. (basketball) point guard

Related terms

Verb

Base (infinitive basar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of basar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of basar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of basar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of basar.

Venetian

Adjective

base f.

  1. feminine plural form of baso
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