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See also:Base,BASE,basé,andBáse

English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishbase,bas,baas, fromOld Frenchbase, fromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).Doublet ofbasis andbass.

Noun

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base (countable anduncountable,pluralbases)

  1. Something from which other things extend; afoundation.
    1. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
      • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 14, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
        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. Theirbases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
  2. The starting point of a logicaldeduction orthought;basis.
  3. A permanent structure for housingmilitarypersonnel and material.
  4. The place wheredecisions for an organization are made;headquarters.
  5. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) Abasic butessential component or ingredient.
  6. A substance used as amordant indyeing.[1]
  7. (cosmetics)Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
  8. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn redlitmus blue and react withacids to formsalts.
  9. Important areas in games and sports.
    1. A safe zone in the children's games oftag andhide-and-go-seek.
    3. (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to beingtaggedout when the ball is in play.
  10. (architecture) The lowermost part of acolumn, between theshaft and thepedestal orpavement.
  11. (biology, biochemistry) Anucleotide'snucleobase in the context of aDNA orRNAbiopolymer.
  12. (botany) Theend of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
  13. (electronics) The name of the controllingterminal of abipolartransistor (BJT).
  14. (geometry) The lowest side of atriangle or otherpolygon, or the lowest face of acone,pyramid or otherpolyhedron laid flat.
  15. (heraldry) The lowest third of ashield (orfield), or an ordinary occupying this space, thechampagne.(Compareterrace.)
  16. (mathematics) Anumberraised to thepower of anexponent.
    The logarithm tobase 2 of 8 is 3.
  17. (mathematics)Synonym ofradix.
  18. (topology) Theset of sets from which atopology isgenerated.
  19. (topology) Atopological space, looked at in relation to one of itscovering spaces,fibrations, orbundles.
  20. (group theory) Asequence ofelements notjointlystabilized by anynontrivial group element.
  21. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports theflyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
  22. (linguistics) Amorpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on whichaffixes can be attached.
  23. (music)Dated form ofbass.
  24. (military, historical) The smallest kind ofcannon.
  25. (archaic) Thehousing of ahorse.
  26. (historical, sometimes in theplural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
    • 1842, Joseph Strutt,A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, page246:
      […] with flowers of gold, the body lined with velvet, and thebases, or skirts, with satin; also a frock of black satin, lined with sarcenet, having three welts of the same.
  27. (historical, sometimes in theplural) A kind ofarmour skirt, ofmail orplate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
    Coordinate terms:tonlet,lamboys
    • 1977,Armours of Henry VIII:
      Thebase (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.
    • 2007, AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies. Conference,Textiles and Text: Re-establishing the Links Between Archival and Object-based Research : Postprints, pages47–49:
      Both knee-lengthbases are made from black velvet [...] There was a second type of metal skirt that could be worn with armour: the tonlet. [...] Unlike thebase, however, the tonlet did not have a textile counterpart. [...]
  28. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
  29. (obsolete) Anapron.
    • 1613,John Marston,The Insatiate Countess:
      bakers in their linenbases
  30. A line in asurvey 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.
  31. (politics) A group ofvoters who almost always support a singleparty'scandidates for elected office.
    Synonyms:electoral base,political base
  32. (Marxism) Theforces andrelations of production that produce thenecessities andamenities of life.
    Synonym:substructure
    Antonym:superstructure
  33. A material that holdspaint or other materials together; abinder.
  34. (aviation)Short forbase leg.
  35. (slang, uncountable)freebasecocaine
    • 2019 January 20, Ann Cleeves, Paul Matthew Thompson, 1:26:51 from the start, in Lawrence Gough, director,Vera(Cuckoo) (9), episode 2 (TV series), spoken by Tyler Lennon (Louis Healy):
      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.
Synonyms
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  • (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid):alkali
Antonyms
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  • (antonym(s) of“chemical compound that will neutralize an alkali”):acid
  • (antonym(s) of“end of a leaf”):apex
Hyponyms
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Translations
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something from which other things extend
starting point of thought
permanent structure for housing military
headquarters
cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
substance used as mordant in dyeing
cosmetics: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform
chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
safe zone in children's game
baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
lowermost part of a column
biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
geometry: lowest side or face
heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
math: number raised to the power of an exponent
radix—seeradix
topology: set of sets from which a topology is derived
topology: topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles
acrobatics, cheerleading: person who supports the flyer
linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
bass—seebass
historical: smallest kind of cannon
housing of a horse—seehousing
historical: kind of skirt
lower part of a robe or petticoat
apron—seeapron
surveying: line that serves as the origin for measurements
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Other terms used inarithmetic operations:

Advancedhyperoperations:tetration,pentation,hexation

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base (third-person singular simple presentbases,present participlebasing,simple past and past participlebased)

  1. (transitive) To give as itsfoundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page vii:
      Firstly, I continue tobase most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
  2. (transitive) To belocated (at a particular place).
    • 2024 February 4, Grian, 23:40 from the start, inHermitcraft 10: Episode 1 - THE START‎[1]:
      Take a look at that. This is where we are going to bebasing this season.
  3. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as abase; to be the person supporting theflyer.
    • 2005, John T. Warren, Laura B. Lengel,Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Context,→ISBN, page73:
      Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She wouldbase a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows.
  4. (slang) Tofreebase.
    • 1984, “8 Million Stories”, inEgo Trip, performed byKurtis Blow ft.Run-DMC:
      You know he started tobase at a hell of a pace / And now it's a disgrace, he's got the pipe in his face
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have as its foundation or starting point
be located

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishbase,bas, fromOld Frenchbas, fromLate Latinbassus(“low”). Cognate withSpanishbajo,Italianbasso andbase.

Adjective

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base (comparativebaserormorebase,superlativebasestormostbase)

  1. (obsolete)Low in height;short.
  2. Low in place or position.
  3. (obsolete) Oflow value or degree.
  4. (archaic) Of low socialstanding orrank;vulgar,common.
    • c.1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published1592,→OCLC; reprinted asTamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act III, scene iii:
      UUhat meanes the mightie Turkiſh Emperor
      To talke with one ſobaſe asTamburlaine?
    • c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii],page285, column 2:
      Wherefore should I / Stand in the plague of custome, and permit / The curiosity of Nations, to deprive me? For that I am some twelve, or fourteen Moonshines / Lag of a Brother? Why Bastard? Whereforebase? / When my Dimensions are as well compact, My minde as generous, and my shape as true / As honest madams issue? Why brand they us / WithBase? With basenes Bastardie?Base,Base?
    • 1623,Francis Bacon,De Augmentis Scientiarum:
      a peasant andbase swain
  5. Morallyreprehensible,immoral;cowardly.
    • 1551,Ralph Robynson, transl.,More's Utopia:
      a cruel act of abase and a cowardish mind
    • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited byH[enry] Lawes,A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] forHvmphrey Robinson, […], published1637,→OCLC; reprinted asComus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead & Company,1903,→OCLC:
      base ingratitude
    • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e.,Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, inThe Case of Miss Elliott, London:T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published1905,→OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909,OCLC11192831, quoted inThe Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
      “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son'sbase ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”
    • 2012, “The Diplomat”, performed byPig Destroyer:
      We never, ever change / We make, the same mistakes / If you're gonna have roads / You're gonna have roadkill / That's the risk that it takes / Stone guns / Primitive tanks /Base emotions drive the horde / The diplomat takes, the rook from the board / I want to know what was, in the briefcase / Colder than cold war / Enemies without uniforms
  6. (now rare)Inferior;unworthy, of poor quality.
    • 1932,Aldous Huxley,Brave New World‎[2], London: Chatto & Windus:
      'Like this horrible film.'
      'Horrible?' Lenina was genuinely astonished. 'But I thought it was lovely.'
      'It wasbase,' he said indignantly, 'it was ignoble.'
  7. (of a metal) Not consideredprecious ornoble.
  8. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
    base coin
    base bullion
  9. (obsolete) Ofillegitimatebirth;bastard.
  10. Not classical or correct.
    • 1655,Thomas Fuller,The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […],→OCLC,(please specify |book=I to XI):
      base Latin
  11. Obsolete form ofbass.
    thebase tone of a violin
  12. (law) Relating tofeudallandtenure held by atenant from alord inexchange forservices that are seen asunworthy fornoblemen toperform, such asvilleinage.
    Abase estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is calledbase, or low, and the tenant is abase tenant.
Usage notes
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  • Said of fellows, motives, occupations, etc.
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terms derived from base (adjective)
Translations
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low
of inferior quality
immoral
vulgar, common
describing metals
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Etymology 3

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Probably a specific use of Etymology 1, above; perhaps also a development of the plural ofbar.

Noun

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base (uncountable)

  1. (now chiefly US, historical) The game ofprisoners' bars.[from 15th c.]

Etymology 4

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Variant forms.

Noun

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base

  1. Alternative form ofBASE
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  1. ^1839,Andrew Ure,A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines,

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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base

  1. plural ofbaas

Asturian

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Etymology

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FromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbase/[ˈba.se]
  • Rhymes:-ase
  • Syllabification:ba‧se

Noun

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base f (pluralbases)

  1. base

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Bambara

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Noun

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base

  1. abush taxi, a common type of public transit
    Synonym:duurunin

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

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base f (pluralbases)

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. grounding
  4. foundation

Noun

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base m orfby sense (pluralbases)

  1. (sports)playmaker
  2. (basketball)point guard

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Czech

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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base

  1. dative/locativesingular ofbasa
  2. vocative/locativesingular ofbas

Etymology 2

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Noun

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base f

  1. Obsolete form ofbáze.
Declension
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Declension ofbase (soft feminine)
singularplural
nominativebasebase
genitivebasebasí
dativebasibasím
accusativebasibase
vocativebasebase
locativebasibasích
instrumentalbasíbasemi

Danish

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Etymology

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FromFrenchbase, fromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβᾰ́σῐς(bắsĭs). Doublet ofbasis and also related distantly tokomme.

Noun

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base c (singular definitebasen,plural indefinitebaser)

  1. (chemistry)base(generally understood to be aBrønsted-Lowry base)
  2. (military)base
  3. headquarters

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Declension ofbase
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativebasebasenbaserbaserne
genitivebasesbasensbasersbasernes

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Dutch

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DutchWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedianl

Alternative forms

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  • basis(obsolete in this sense)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchbase, fromLatinbasis.Doublet ofbasis. Also a distantdoublet ofkomst, viaProto-Indo-European*gʷḿ̥tis.

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base f (pluralbasen,diminutivebasetje n)

  1. (chemistry)base(class of compounds),alkali

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References

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  • “base” inWoordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchbase, fromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

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base f (pluralbases)

  1. base(bottom part of something)
  2. base(safe place)
  3. base,basis(fundamental belief)
  4. (chemistry)base

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Galician

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Etymology

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FromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbase/[ˈba.s̺ɪ]
  • Rhymes:-ase
  • Hyphenation:ba‧se

Noun

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base f (pluralbases)

  1. base

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Italian

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediait

Etymology

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FromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ze/
  • Rhymes:-aze
  • Hyphenation:bà‧se

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base f (pluralbasi)

  1. base,alkaline
  2. basis
  3. (figurative)mainstay

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Latin

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base

  1. ablativesingular ofbasis

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchbase, fromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβᾰ́σῐς(bắsĭs), fromProto-Indo-European*gʷémtis.

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base (pluralbases)

  1. Afoundation or base; the bottom of abuilding.
  2. Thefoundation, base, or bottom of a column, statue, or vase.
  3. (rare) Padding inserted below a horse's bridle.
  4. (rare) A hand'spalm; the section of a hand below thefingers.
  5. (rare) Thebottom portion of adress.
  6. (rare, alchemy) The mix of metals used as abase foralchemical operations.
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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base

  1. Alternative form ofbas

Etymology 3

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Noun

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base

  1. Alternative form ofbace

Moore

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Verb

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base

  1. to leave
  2. to cancel, stop, cease
  3. to abandon, throw away

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino)IPA(key): /ˈpase/

Verb

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base

  1. inflection ofbassit:
    1. presentindicativeconnegative
    2. second-personsingularimperative
    3. imperativeconnegative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromEnglishbase, andFrenchbase (in chemistry). Ultimately fromLatinbasis and a doublet ofbasis.

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base m (definite singularbasen,indefinite pluralbaser,definite pluralbasene)

  1. (chemistry, military, general) abase

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromEnglishbase, andFrenchbase (in chemistry). Ultimately fromLatinbasis and a doublet ofbasis.

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base m (definite singularbasen,indefinite pluralbasar,definite pluralbasane)

  1. (chemistry, military, general) abase

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Old French

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Etymology

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FromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

Noun

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baseoblique singular, f (oblique pluralbases,nominative singularbase,nominative pluralbases)

  1. base(bottom part; supporting part)

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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIXe auXVe siècle (1881) (base, supplement)

Portuguese

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Base (sense 5)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

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base f (pluralbases)

  1. basis
  2. base
  3. (chemistry)base
    Antonym:ácido
  4. groundwork
  5. (cosmetics)foundation
    • 2023 April 1, Gisela Casimiro,Estendais‎[3], Leya,→ISBN:
      […] nunca faço umamake completa, escolho sempre as coisas mais básicas, e só tive uma embalagem debase na vida.
      […] I never do a full face of makeup, I always choose the most basic things, and I've only had one bottle offoundation in my life.

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Rukai

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Etymology 1

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FromJapaneseバス(basu).

Noun

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base

  1. (vehicles)bus

Etymology 2

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Noun

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base

  1. broth

Spanish

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SpanishWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinbasis, fromAncient Greekβάσις(básis).

Noun

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base f (pluralbases)

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. (linear algebra)basis
  4. grounding
  5. (cosmetics)foundation
  6. (basketball)point guard
  7. (baseball)base
  8. (Marxism)base(forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life)
    Synonym:infraestructura
    Antonym:superestructura
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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base

  1. inflection ofbasar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishbase(“basis”). The baseball definition is fromEnglishbase, but pronounced the same as the Spanish word.

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base (Baybayin spellingᜊᜐᜒ)

  1. base;basis
    Synonyms:batayan,tuntunin,pamantayan
  2. (baseball)base(one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety)
  3. (chemistry)base(chemical compound that will neutralize an acid)
    Synonym:alkali

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base f

  1. feminineplural ofbaso
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