base
base
beÉĒs
beis
/bˈe‌ÉĒs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "base"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύ⧀āϚ, āĻ…āϧāĻŽ

completely lacking moral or honorable purpose or character
base definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician's base tactics during the campaign were widely criticized.
āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ

serving as or forming a base
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āύ⧀āϚ āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ, āύ⧀āϚ

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
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āϜāĻžāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ

not genuine; counterfeit or of inferior quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The painting was exposed as a base forgery under UV light.
āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āχāωāĻ­āĻŋ āφāϞ⧋āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ, āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ

illegitimate
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ (āϧāĻžāϤ⧁āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ) āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟ āϧāĻžāϤ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϤ

(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
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āύāĻŋāϚ, āĻ…āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ

characterized by dishonorable or unethical behavior
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was condemned for his base betrayal of his closest friends.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧀āϚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻā§‹āώ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

forming the starting level of pay, cost, or benefit before any additions
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
basicbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We offer a base wage plus performance bonuses.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻŦā§‹āύāĻžāϏ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϏ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ

(baseball) any of the four stations that the runner must reach to score a run
base definition and meaning
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āĻŦ⧇āϏ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āϏ

a place with buildings and facilities for military operations and activities
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦ⧁āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻ

the bottom portion or support of a column, pillar, or structure, providing stability and transitioning between the column and the ground or foundation
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āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰāĻ•

(chemistry) a substance that can accept protons, donate electrons, or release hydroxide ions in aqueous solution
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ammonia acts as a base by accepting protons in chemical reactions.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‹āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āϟāύ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āφāϧāĻžāϰ

a support or foundation
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āφāϧāĻžāϰ

a lower limit
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦ⧇āϏ

the bottom part of a particular thing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach, scattered with shells and driftwood.
āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨ⧁āϰ⧇ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ, āĻļāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϏ, āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāύāϜāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϰ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āχāĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇

(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŦ⧇āϏ

a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
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āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹, āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ

the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•

the principal ingredient of a mixture
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ

(linguistics) the form to which affixes or other morphological operations are added to create a new word
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The base " run " becomes " running " with the addition of " -ing. "
āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ "run" "-ing" āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ "running" āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϏ, āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧀ āύ⧇āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•

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; has cells in more than 50 countries
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āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒā§āϤāϰ, āĻŦ⧇āϏ

the main office or central location from which a company, organization, or operation manages and coordinates its activities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She works at the regional base and travels to different sites each week.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āϏ-āĻ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ

(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ

the most important or necessary part of something
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

the side of a geometric shape, usually the one considered as the bottom, from which the height is measured
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The base of a parallelogram is one of its sides, with the height being the perpendicular distance to the opposite side.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻļ, āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϏ, āύāĻŋāωāĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻžāχāĻĄ

a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to build something upon a certain foundation or principle, or to use it as a starting point for further growth or development
Ditransitive: to base sth on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientific theory is based on extensive research and empirical evidence.
āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use purified cocaine by burning it and inhaling the resulting fumes
Transitive: to base cocaine
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He became addicted to basing cocaine, leading to severe health issues and legal consequences.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āϕ⧇āύ āĻĒā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāϏāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to situate or establish as a central location for operations, activities, or planning
Transitive: to base sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The military strategically based its command center in a secure location to coordinate operations efficiently.
āϏ⧇āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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