Meaning of base | Babel Free
beɪsDefinitions
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
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Acronym of building, antenna-tower, span, earth. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object
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Something from which other things extend; a foundation. countable, uncountable
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The game of prisoners' bars. US, historical, uncountable
- Badly mistaken.
- basis
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object
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A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object. countable, uncountable
- A bass singer or voice.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis
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The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis. countable, uncountable
- (Usually a metal oxide or hydroxide) A substance existing as molecules or ions which can take up hydrogen ions. When a base reacts with an acid it forms a salt and water only.
- grounding
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel
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A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel. countable, uncountable
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The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters. countable, uncountable
- To provide a basis for:build, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest, root, underpin.
- foundation
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters
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(often with on) to use as a foundation, starting-point etc. I base my opinion on evidence; Our group was based in Paris. baseer يُؤَسِّس основавам basear zakládat se (na), opírat (o co) stützen, gründen basere; have base βασίζωbasar, establecer tuginema, (millelegi) rajama, paiknema مبنا قرار دادن؛ پایه ریزی کردن perustaa baser לְבַסֵס עַל आधारित करना osnivati alapít berdasarkan, mendasarkan, berpangkalan grundvalla, byggja á basare su* 基礎をおく 기초로 하다 grįsti, bazuotis, telktis pamatot; balstīt;... often with
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A basic but essential component or ingredient. countable, uncountable
- without foundation or reason. a baseless claim. ongegrond بِدون أساس، لا أساس لَهُ безпричинен infundado nepodložený, bezdůvodný grundlos grundløs; uberettiget αβάσιμοςinfundado alusetu بی پایه و اساس perusteeton sans fondement חָסַר בָּסִיס निराधार neutemeljen alaptalan tanpa alasan tilhæfulaus senza fondamento, infondato 根拠のない 기초가 없는 nepagrįstas nepamatots tanpa asas ongegrond grunnløs, ubegrunnet; uberettigetbezpodstawny بې اساسه، بې بنسټه، بې دليله، بې بنياده infundado neîntemeiat необосн...
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A substance used as a mordant in dyeing. countable, uncountable
- wicked or worthless. base desires. sleg, onedel دَنيئ، حَقير низък baixo podlý, nízký, nečestný niederträchtig primitiv; simpel; vulgær ποταπόςbajo, vil nurjatu, madal پست؛ فرومایه alhainen bas, abjectשפל तुच्छ, नीच zao, podao közönséges, aljas rendah, dasar auvirðilegur basso, vile 卑しい 가치 없는 žemas, niekingas zemisks; nekrietns keji laaggemen, uedel, simpelniegodziwy ټيټ (معنا)، ناوړه، بد ذاته، بد خويه، بې ارزښته baixo josnic, mârşav неизменный nízky, podlý; bezcenný nizkoten nizak låg, simpe...
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Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform. countable, uncountable
- gemeen بِدَناءه، بِحَقارَه низко com baixeza podle, nízce, nečestně niederträchtig primitivt; simpelt; vulgært ποταπά vilmente nurjatult با پستی halpamaisesti bassement בְּאוֹפֵן שָׁפָל नीच zlo, podlo közönségesen dasariah auvirðilega bassamente 卑しく 천하게 niekingai zemiski; nekrietni dengan keji laaggement, uedelt, simpelt niegodziwie په پستي سره com baixeza josnic низко; подло nízko nizkotno nisko lågt, simpelt อย่างต่ำช้ำ alçakça, adîce, rezilce 卑鄙地 низько, безчесно گھٹیا انداز سے một cách hè...
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Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts. countable, uncountable
- gemeenheid دَناءَه، حَقارَه низост baixeza podlost, nízkost, sprostota die Niedertracht, die Bosheit simpelhed ποταπότητα bajeza, vileza nurjatus نامردی؛ پستی halpamaisuus bassesse שׁפֶלוּת नीचता podlost alantasság kerendahan ódrengskapur bassezza 卑劣 천함 niekingumas zemiskums; nekrietnība kekejian laagheidgemenhet niegodziwość نا ځواني baixeza josnicie низость nízkosť nizkotnost niskost låghet, lum-penhet ความเลวทราม alçaklık, adîlik, rezillik 卑鄙 низькість, нечесність گھٹیا پن tính hèn hạ; tín...
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Important areas in games and sports. countable, uncountable
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A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. countable, uncountable
- The lowest or bottom part: the base of a cliff; the base of a lamp.
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One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play. countable, uncountable
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The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement. countable, uncountable
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A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer. countable, uncountable
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The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support. countable, uncountable
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The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). countable, uncountable
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The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat. countable, uncountable
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The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.) countable, uncountable
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A number raised to the power of an exponent. countable, uncountable
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Synonym of radix. countable, uncountable
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The set of sets from which a topology is generated. countable, uncountable
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A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles. countable, uncountable
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A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element. countable, uncountable
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In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground. countable, uncountable
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A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached. countable, uncountable
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Dated form of bass. alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
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The smallest kind of cannon. countable, historical, uncountable
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The housing of a horse. archaic, countable, uncountable
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A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable
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A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt. countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable
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The lower part of a robe or petticoat. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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An apron. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. countable, uncountable
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A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office. countable, uncountable
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The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life. Marxism, countable, uncountable
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A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder. countable, uncountable
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Ellipsis of base leg. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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freebase cocaine slang, uncountable
Equivalents
Беларуская
база
Esperanto
bazi
Suomi
ala-arvoinen
alamies
emäs
helma
kanta
kantaluku
koti
lähtökohta
lehtikanta
moraaliton
päämaja
perusraaka-aine
perustaa
perusviiva
perusvoide
pesä
puretin
säädytön
sijaita
tukikohta
tyvi
tyviö
yleinen
Bahasa Indonesia
bahan
basa
berpusat
dasar
dasar pemikiran
didasarkan
kantor pusat
kata dasar
markas
pangkalan
terletak
Íslenska
veldisstofn
Italiano
basamento
basare
base
basilare
campagna
caserma
edificare
erigere
ingrediente
mordente
piedistallo
plebaglia
plebe
plebeo
popolano
popolino
quartier generale
sede
sottofondo
volgare
volgo
zoccolo
Қазақша
база
Македонски
база
മലയാളം
താവളം
मराठी
पाया
Bahasa Melayu
pangkalan
Română
baza
Slovenščina
baza
Shqip
bazë
తెలుగు
భూమి
Tagalog
takad
Українська
база
اردو
اڈا
Tiếng Việt
cần cù
Examples
“Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.”
“The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's wings, and in base two red daggers, and in the centre of the cross a black winged helmet; on a red chief (a broad band across the top of the shield), a silver pale (a broad vertical band), and thereon eight black arrows crossed X-wise, four and four, and encircled with a black band, between on the dexter three bendlets (narrow bands slanting from dexter chief to sinister base) enhanced (that is, raised above the centre), and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, all of gold.”
“The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.”
“The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.”
“[…] with flowers of gold, the body lined with velvet, and the bases, or skirts, with satin; also a frock of black satin, lined with sarcenet, having three welts of the same.”
“The base (skirt), as opposed to the practical skirt of the tonlet armour, is an affectation in imitation of the civilian fabric garment of the period and may well have been inspired by a similar feature on Maximilian's gift armour.”
“Both knee-length bases are made from black velvet [...] There was a second type of metal skirt that could be worn with armour: the tonlet. [...] Unlike the base, however, the tonlet did not have a textile counterpart. [...]”
“bakers in their linen bases”
“Use the globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets.”
“TYLER LENNON (played by Louis Healy): Ten grand a week we were clearing: base, white, meth, weed, anything. I can get you anything to get you high.”
“Shared you with my friends, the Pops they never had / You lived for our fishing trips, damn I had a dad / [...] / See, mine made sure he had every base covered / So imagine his pain finding base in the cupboard”
“to run the country base”
“So ran they all, as they had bene at bace, / They being chased that did others chase.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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