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Base

beɪs

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noun
base bases
  1. the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported

    "she sat down at the base of a tree"

    • the part of a column between the shaft and pedestal or pavement
    • the end at which a part or organ is attached to the trunk or main part

      "a shoot is produced at the base of the stem"

    • a line or surface on which a figure is regarded as standing

      "the base of the triangle"

    • a known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry
    • the lowest part of a shield
  2. a conceptual structure or entity on which something draws or depends

    "the town's economic base collapsed"

    • a foundation or starting point for further work

      "she uses existing data as the base for the study"

    • a group of people regarded as supporting an organization, for example by buying its products

      "a customer base"

  3. a place used as a centre of operations by the armed forces or others; a headquarters

    "he headed back to base"

    • the main place where a person works or stays

      "she makes the studio her base"

  4. a main or important element or ingredient to which other things are added

    "soaps with a vegetable oil base"

    • a substance into which a pigment is mixed to form paint, such as water, oil, or powdered aluminium hydroxide
    • a substance used as a foundation for make-up

      "her make-up artist works with base, eye make-up, and lipstick"

  5. a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water, or (more broadly) of accepting or neutralizing hydrogen ions
    • a purine or pyrimidine group in a nucleotide or nucleic acid
  6. the middle part of a bipolar transistor, separating the emitter from the collector
  7. the root or stem of a word or a derivative
    • the uninflected form of a verb
  8. a number used as the basis of a numeration scale
    • a number in terms of which other numbers are expressed as logarithms
  9. each of the four stations that must be reached in turn to score a run
verb
base based bases basing
  1. use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something

    "the film is based on a novel by Pat Conroy"

  2. situate at a specified place as the centre of operations

    "the Science Policy Review Unit is based at the University of Sussex"