base 1 (b s)n. 1. The lowest or bottom part: the base of a cliff; the base of a lamp. 2. Biology a. The part of a plant or animal organ that is nearest to its point of attachment. b. The point of attachment of such an organ. 3. a. A supporting part or layer; a foundation: a skyscraper built on a base of solid rock. b. A basic or underlying element; infrastructure: the nation's industrial base. 4. The fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory; a basis. 5. A fundamental ingredient; a chief constituent: a paint with an oil base. 6. The fact, observation, or premise from which a reasoning process is begun. 7. a. Games A starting point, safety area, or goal. b. Baseball Any one of the four corners of an infield, marked by a bag or plate, that must be touched by a runner before a run can be scored. 8. A center of organization, supply, or activity; a headquarters. 9. a. A fortified center of operations. b. A supply center for a large force of military personnel. 10. A facial cosmetic used to even out the complexion or provide a surface for other makeup; a foundation. 11. Architecture The lowest part of a structure, such as a wall, considered as a separate unit: the base of a column. 12. Heraldry The lower part of a shield. 13. Linguistics A morpheme or morphemes regarded as a form to which affixes or other bases may be added. 14. Mathematics a. The side or face of a geometric figure to which an altitude is or is thought to be drawn. b. The number that is raised to various powers to generate the principal counting units of a number system. The base of the decimal system, for example, is 10. c. The number raised to the logarithm of a designated number in order to produce that designated number; the number at which a chosen logarithmic scale has the value 1. 15. A line used as a reference for measurement or computations. 16. Chemistry a. Any of a class of compounds whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a bitter taste, a slippery feel, the ability to turn litmus blue, and the ability to react with acids to form salts. b. A substance that yields hydroxyl ions when dissolved in water. c. A substance that can act as a proton acceptor. d. A substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond. 17. Electronics a. The region in a transistor between the emitter and the collector. b. The electrode attached to this region. 18. One of the nitrogen-containing purines (adenine and guanine) or pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine, and uracil) that occurs attached to the sugar component of DNA or RNA. adj. 1. Forming or serving as a base: a base layer of soil. 2. Situated at or near the base or bottom: a base camp for the mountain climbers. 3. Chemistry Of, relating to, or containing a base. tr.v. based, bas·ing, bas·es Idiom: 1. To form or provide a base for: based the new company in Portland. 2. To find a basis for; establish: based her conclusions on the report; a film based on a best-selling novel. 3. To assign to a base; station: troops based in the Middle East. off base Badly mistaken. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin basis, from Greek; see gw - in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: base1, basis, foundation, ground1, groundwork These nouns all pertain to what underlies and supports. Base is applied chiefly to material objects: the wide base of the pyramid. Basis is used in a nonphysical sense: "Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation" (Arthur Conan Doyle). Foundation often stresses firmness of support for something of relative magnitude: "Our flagrant disregard for the law attacks the foundation of this society" (Peter D. Relic). Ground is used figuratively in the plural to mean a justifiable reason: grounds for divorce. Groundwork usually has the sense of a necessary preliminary: "It [the Universal Declaration of Human Rights] has laid the groundwork for the world's war crimes tribunals" (Hillary Rodham Clinton). |
| base 2 (bs) adj. bas·er, bas·est 1. a. Having or showing a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency. See Synonyms at mean2. b. Devoid of high values or ethics: a base, degrading way of life. c. Inferior in value or quality. 2. Containing inferior substances: a base metal. 3. Archaic Of low birth, rank, or position. 4. Obsolete Short in stature. n. Obsolete A bass singer or voice. [Middle English bas, low, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bassus.] base  ly adv.base ness n. |
base 1
Noun
1. the bottom or supporting part of anything
2. the fundamental principle or part: agriculture was the economic base of the city's growth
3. a centre of operations, organization, or supply
4. a starting point: the new discovery became the base for further research
5. the main ingredient of a mixture: to use rice as a base in cookery
6. Chem a compound that combines with an acid to form a salt
7. the lower side or face of a geometric construction
8. Maths the number of units in a counting system that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place: 10 is the base of the decimal system
9. a starting or finishing point in any of various games
Verb
[basing, based]
1. (foll. by on, upon)to use as a basis for
2. (foll. by at, in)to station, post, or place [Latin basis pedestal]
base 2
Adjective
1. dishonourable or immoral: base motives
2. of inferior quality or value: a base coin
3. debased; counterfeit: base currency [Late Latin bassus of low height]
| base (bs) 1. Chemistry a. Any of a class of compounds that form hydroxyl ions (OH) when dissolved in water, and whose aqueous solutions react with acids to form salts. Bases turn red litmus paper blue and have a pH greater than 7. Their aqueous solutions have a bitter taste. Compare acid. b. See nitrogen base. 2. Mathematics a. The side or face of a geometric figure to which an altitude is or is thought to be drawn. The base can be, but is not always, the bottom part of the figure. b. The number that is raised to various powers to generate the principal counting units of a number system. The base of the decimal system, for example, is 10. c. The number that is raised to a particular power in a given mathematical expression. In the expression an, a is the base. |
1. A locality from which operations are projected or supported.
2. An area or locality containing installations which provide logistic or other support. See also establishment.
3. (DOD only) Home airfield or home carrier. See also base of operations; facility.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | base - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" air base, air station - a base for military aircraft army base - a large base of operations for an army firebase - an artillery base to support advancing troops military installation - any facility servicing military forces navy base - base of operations for a naval fleet rocket base - a military base for rocket missiles armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| 2. |  base - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"bed - a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away" raft foundation - a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" support - supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support" | |
| 3. | base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" baseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate baseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball first base - the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball home base, home plate, plate, home - (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" second base - the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball third base, third - the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball; "he was cut down on a close play at third" | |
| 4. | base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" | |
| 5. | base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals bottom - the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" | |
| 6. | base - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" control - the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.; "they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls" price floor - floor below which prices are not allowed to fall; "the government used price supports to maintain the price floor" wage floor - floor below which wages are not allowed to fall | |
| 7. | base - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" explanation - thought that makes something comprehensible meat and potatoes - the fundamental part; "successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration" supposal, supposition, assumption - a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" | |
| 8. |  base - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"brass monkey - a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships staddle - a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" trivet - a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table trivet - a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth | |
| 9. | base - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) base pair - one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid, AMP - a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP adenosine diphosphate, ADP - an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage adenosine triphosphate, ATP - a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) deoxycytidine monophosphate, C - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) deoxythymidine monophosphate, T - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) ester - formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water muton - the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur | |
| 10. | base - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" pyridine - a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal purine - a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances purine - any of several bases that are derivatives of purine chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight cyanuramide, melamine - a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins pyrimidine - any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine | |
| 11. | base - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" flank - a subfigure consisting of a side of something | |
| 12. | base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" component part, part, portion, component, constituent - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" | |
| 13. | base - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" number representation system, number system, numeration system, system of numeration - any notation for the representation of numbers number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" | |
| 14. | base - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end location - a point or extent in space | |
| 15. | Base - 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 act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979" Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 | |
| 16. | base - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" linguistics - the scientific study of language descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" | |
| 17. | base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" communication equipment, communication system - facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information fire station, firehouse - a station housing fire apparatus and firemen gas system - facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage penal facility, penal institution - an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public power grid, power system, grid - a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region public works - structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use school system - establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school sewage system, sewage works, sewer system - facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage transportation, transportation system, transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods water supply, water system, water - a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" | |
| 18. | base - the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" ingredient - a component of a mixture or compound | |
| 19. | base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts" lamp - a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) | |
| 20. | base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector electrode - a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit electronic transistor, junction transistor, transistor - a semiconductor device capable of amplification electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices | |
| Verb | 1. | base - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" build - found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation" |
| 2. | base - situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab" | |
| 3. | base - use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | |
| Adj. | 1. | base - serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" basic - pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities" |
| 2. | base - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" lowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor" | |
| 3. | base - (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" inferior - of low or inferior quality | |
| 4. |  base - not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"wrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie" | |
| 5. | base - having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | |
| 6. | base - illegitimate archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression illegitimate - of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful | |
| 7. | base - debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
base 1
noun 5. home, house, territory, pad (slang) residence, home ground, abode, stamping ground, dwelling place
base 2
adjective dishonourable, evil, corrupt, infamous, disgraceful, vulgar, shameful, vile, immoral, scandalous, wicked, sordid, abject, despicable, depraved, ignominious, disreputable, contemptible, villainous, ignoble, discreditable, scungy Austral., N.Z. << OPPOSITE honourable
Translations
base [beɪs] n (of tree etc) → Fuß m;
(of cup, box etc) → Boden m;
(foundation) → Grundlage f;
(centre) → Stützpunkt m, Standort m;
(for organization) → Sitz m
adj → gemein, niederträchtig
coffee-based → auf Kaffeebasis
n base [beis]
1 the foundation, support, or lowest part (of something), or the surface on which something is standing the base of the statue; the base of the triangle; the base of the tree. basis أساس، قاعِدَه основа podklad, spodek, kořen fundament; fod die Basis, das Unterteil βάση, αυτό στο οποίο στηρίζεται κτ. base alus, põhi پایه؛ اساس jalusta, kanta, tyvi base בָּסִיס, כַּן आधार temelj, osnova alap(zat) landasan undirstaða; stallur; neðsti hluti base 基部 토대, 기저 pagrindas pamats; fundaments; postaments tapak voet fundament, sokkel; grunnlinje; fot podstawa base bază, temelie, fundaţie основание podstavec; základňa; päta podstavek, osnovnica baza bas, grundval, sockel, fundament พื้นฐาน taban, kaide, temel 底部 основа; опора بنیاد đáy; chân đế 底部
2 the main ingredient of a mixture This paint has oil as a base. basis العنصر الأساسي في العُنْصُر الأساسي في مَزيج основа základ basis; base die Grundlage βάση, το βασικό συστατικό base põhi بخش اصلی؛ مبنا pohja base בָּסִיס आधार osnova alap ramuan utama grunnur, grunnefni, undirstöðuefni base 主成分 주성분 pagrindinis komponentas pamatsastāvdaļa asas basis basis, base główny składnik base bază основа základ osnova baza huvudbeståndsdel, bas ส่วนประกอบหลัก ana madde 主劑 основа اساس thành phần chủ yếu 主剂
3 a headquarters, starting-point etc an army base. basis قهعِدَه، مَرْكِز база základna base; udgangspunkt der Ausgangspunkt βάση, αρχηγείο base baas پایگاه؛ مقر اصلی tukikohta base בָּסִיס मुख्यालय vojni stožer bázis pangkalan bækistöð; höfuðstöðvar base 基地 (작전) 기지 bazė, būstinė bāze; atbalsta punkts pengkalan basis base, hovedkvarter baza base bază база základňa (vojaška) baza baza bas สำนักงานใหญ่ üs, karargâh 基地 база; опорний пункт فوجی مرکز căn cứ 基地
v
(often withon) to use as a foundation, starting-point etc I base my opinion on evidence; Our group was based in Paris. baseer يُؤَسِّس основавам zakládat se (na), opírat (o co) basere; have base stützen, gründen βασίζω basar, establecer tuginema, (millelegi) rajama, paiknema مبنا قرار دادن؛ پایه ریزی کردن baser (sur/à) לְבַסֵס עַל आधारित करना osnivati alapít berdasarkan, mendasarkan, berpangkalan grundvalla, byggja á basare su 基礎をおく 근거를 두다 grįsti, bazuotis, telktis pamatot; balstīt; izmantot par atbalsta punktu bertempat baseren basere på, bygge/grunne på; stasjonere opierać, stacjonować assentar a întemeia, a pune bazele основывать; базировать(ся) zakladať si; mať základňu opirati na, osnovati bazirati grundlös วางรากฐาน dayandırmak; merkez edinmek 把...基於，駐紮 закладати основу; базувати(ся) مرکزی بنیاد ہونا có trụ sở ở; căn cứ vào 把...基于，驻扎
adj baseless
without foundation or reason a baseless claim. ongegrond بِدون أساس، لا أساس لَهُ безпричинен nepodložený, bezdůvodný grundløs; uberettiget grundlos αβάσιμος infundado alusetu بی پایه و اساس perätön sans fondement חָסַר בָּסִיס निराधार neutemeljen alaptalan tanpa alasan tilhæfulaus senza fondamento, infondato 根拠のない 근거 없는 nepagrįstas nepamatots tanpa asas ongegrond grunnløs, ubegrunnet; uberettiget bezpodstawny infundado neîntemeiat необоснованный neopodstatnený neutemeljen neosnovan grundlös ไม่มีเหตุผล temelsiz, asılsız 無根據的 безпідставний; необґрунтований بے بنیاد không có cơ sở 无根据的
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