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base
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Meanings
noun
  • the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.
    E.g. she sat down at the base of a tree
  • a conceptual structure or entity on which something draws or depends.
    E.g. the town's economic base collapsed
  • a place used as a centre of operations by the armed forces or others; a headquarters.
    E.g. he headed back to base
  • a main or important element or ingredient to which other things are added.
    E.g. soaps with a vegetable oil base
  • a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water, or (more broadly) of accepting or neutralizing hydrogen ions.
  • the middle part of a bipolar transistor, separating the emitter from the collector.
  • the root or stem of a word or a derivative.
  • a number used as the basis of a numeration scale.
  • each of the four stations that must be reached in turn to score a run.
verb
  • use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.
    E.g. the film is based on a novel by Pat Conroy
  • situate at a specified place as the centre of operations.
    E.g. the Science Policy Review Unit is based at the University of Sussex
adjective
  • without moral principles; ignoble.
    E.g. the electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness
  • denoting or befitting a person of low social class.
  • (of coins or other articles) not made of precious metal.
    E.g. the basest coins in the purse were made in the 620s AD

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