Meaning & Definition of Base in English
Base
noun
1. Installation from which a military force initiates operations
- "The attack wiped out our forward bases"
- base,
- base of operations
2. Lowest support of a structure
- "It was built on a base of solid rock"
- "He stood at the foot of the tower"
- foundation,
- base,
- fundament,
- foot,
- groundwork,
- substructure,
- understructure
3. A place that the runner must touch before scoring
- "He scrambled to get back to the bag"
- base,
- bag
4. The bottom or lowest part
- "The base of the mountain"
- base
5. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- "The base of the skull"
- base
6. A lower limit
- "The government established a wage floor"
- floor,
- base
7. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- "The whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
- basis,
- base,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- groundwork,
- cornerstone
8. A support or foundation
- "The base of the lamp"
- base,
- pedestal,
- stand
9. A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside
- The basic structural unit of nucleic acids (dna or rna)
- nucleotide,
- base
10. 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"
- base,
- alkali
11. The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- "The base of the triangle"
- base
12. The most important or necessary part of something
- "The basis of this drink is orange juice"
- basis,
- base
13. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
- base,
- radix
14. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- base,
- home
15. 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
- al-Qaeda,
- Qaeda,
- al-Qa'ida,
- al-Qaida,
- Base
16. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- "Thematic vowels are part of the stem"
- root,
- root word,
- base,
- stem,
- theme,
- radical
17. The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- "The industrial base of japan"
- infrastructure,
- base
18. 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"
- base
19. A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- "A tub should sit on its own base"
- base
20. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- base
verb
1. Use as a basis for
- Found on
- "Base a claim on some observation"
- establish,
- base,
- ground,
- found
2. Situate as a center of operations
- "We will base this project in the new lab"
- base
3. Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- free-base,
- base
adjective
1. Serving as or forming a base
- "The painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
- basal,
- base
2. Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
- "Baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
- "Of humble (or lowly) birth"
- base,
- baseborn,
- humble,
- lowly
3. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- "Base coins of aluminum"
- "A base metal"
- base
4. 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"
- base,
- immoral
5. 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"
- base,
- mean,
- meanspirited
6. Illegitimate
- base,
- baseborn
7. Debased
- Not genuine
- "An attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
- base