base
//beɪs//
Forms
- Plural
- bases
- Comparative
- baser
- Superlative
- basest
- present (v1)
- base
- past (v2)
- based
- past participle (v3)
- based
- present participle
- basing
- 3rd person singular
- bases
Definitions
1.Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
2.The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
3.A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
4.The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
1.To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
2.To be located (at a particular place).
- Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II.
- Take a look at that. This is where we are going to be basing this season.
- Top management decided to base our new Spanish subsidiary in Arévalo (Ávila).
3.To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She would base a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows.
1.Low in place or position.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #491
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis
Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis
Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor.
Latin basis
Old French basebor.
Middle English base
English base