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Meaning of base | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
beɪs

Definitions

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. Acronym of building, antenna-tower, span, earth.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. Something from which other things extend; a foundation. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object
  4. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
    countable, uncountable
  5. The game of prisoners' bars.
    US, historical, uncountable
  6. Badly mistaken.
  7. basis
  8. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object
  9. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
    countable, uncountable
  10. A bass singer or voice.
  11. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis
  12. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
    countable, uncountable
  13. (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.
  14. grounding
  15. A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel
  16. A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
    countable, uncountable
  17. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
    countable, uncountable
  18. To provide a basis for:build, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest, root, underpin.
  19. foundation
  20. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters
  21. (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
  22. A basic but essential component or ingredient.
    countable, uncountable
  23. 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...
  24. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
    countable, uncountable
  25. 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...
  26. Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
    countable, uncountable
  27. 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...
  28. Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
    countable, uncountable
  29. 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...
  30. Important areas in games and sports.
    countable, uncountable
  31. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
    countable, uncountable
  32. The lowest or bottom part: the base of a cliff; the base of a lamp.
  33. 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
  34. The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
    countable, uncountable
  35. A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
    countable, uncountable
  36. The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
    countable, uncountable
  37. The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
    countable, uncountable
  38. The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
    countable, uncountable
  39. The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
    countable, uncountable
  40. A number raised to the power of an exponent.
    countable, uncountable
  41. Synonym of radix.
    countable, uncountable
  42. The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
    countable, uncountable
  43. A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
    countable, uncountable
  44. A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
    countable, uncountable
  45. In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
    countable, uncountable
  46. A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
    countable, uncountable
  47. Dated form of bass.
    alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable
  48. The smallest kind of cannon.
    countable, historical, uncountable
  49. The housing of a horse.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  50. 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
  51. A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
    countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable
  52. The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  53. An apron.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  54. 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
  55. A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
    countable, uncountable
  56. The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
    Marxism, countable, uncountable
  57. A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
    countable, uncountable
  58. Ellipsis of base leg.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  59. freebase cocaine
    slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca baza oturacaq
Беларуская база
བོད་སྐད དམག་སྒར དམན་པ
Čeština báze meta patka pikola základ základna
Esperanto bazi
Eesti aste kodu põhi
Galego base basear sede
עברית בסיס ירוד
Magyar alap bázis ház támaszpont
Íslenska veldisstofn
日本語 ベース 司令部 基地
ქართული ბაზა შტაბი
Қазақша база
한국어 기지 밑면 밑변 사령부
Latviešu prasts zemisks zems
Te Reo Māori papa taunga purei tumu
Македонски база
മലയാളം താവളം
मराठी पाया
Bahasa Melayu pangkalan
Polski baza bazować podstawa sztab
Português baixo base basear-se em ficar em pique ruim sede
Română baza
Slovenščina baza
Shqip bazë
తెలుగు భూమి
Тоҷикӣ база пойгоҳ
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

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Intermediate
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