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base

adj · name · noun · verb · 88 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • bās
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /beɪs/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /bæɪs/
  • Ireland: /beːs/
  • rhymes with -eɪs
  • homophone: bass
  • /beɪs/
  • CMU ARPABET: B EY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Low in height; short.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Low in place or position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of low value or degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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5

adj

Meaning 5

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

adj

Meaning 6

Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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7

adj

Meaning 7

Not considered precious or noble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

adj

Meaning 8

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • base coin
  • base bullion

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9

adj

Meaning 9

Of illegitimate birth; bastard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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10

adj

Meaning 10

Not classical or correct.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

adj

Meaning 11

Obsolete form of bass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

Examples

  • the base tone of a violin

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12

adj

Meaning 12

Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant.

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13

name

Meaning 13

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

name

Meaning 14

Acronym of British Association for Screen Entertainment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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16

noun

Meaning 16

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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17

noun

Meaning 17

The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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18

noun

Meaning 18

A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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19

noun

Meaning 19

The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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20

noun

Meaning 20

A basic but essential component or ingredient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: painting; pharmacy; painting; pharmacy

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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21

noun

Meaning 21

A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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22

noun

Meaning 22

Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cosmetics, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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23

noun

Meaning 23

Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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24

noun

Meaning 24

Important areas in games and sports.

A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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25

noun

Meaning 25

Important areas in games and sports.

One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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26

noun

Meaning 26

The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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27

noun

Meaning 27

A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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28

noun

Meaning 28

The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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29

noun

Meaning 29

The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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30

noun

Meaning 30

The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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31

noun

Meaning 31

The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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32

noun

Meaning 32

A number raised to the power of an exponent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.

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Synonyms: none provided

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33

noun

Meaning 33

Synonym of radix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: radix

Antonyms: none provided

34

noun

Meaning 34

The set of sets from which a topology is generated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

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35

noun

Meaning 35

A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

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36

noun

Meaning 36

A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences

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37

noun

Meaning 37

In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: acrobatics, arts, cheerleading, hobbies, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports

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38

noun

Meaning 38

A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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39

noun

Meaning 39

Dated form of bass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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40

noun

Meaning 40

The smallest kind of cannon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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41

noun

Meaning 41

The housing of a horse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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42

noun

Meaning 42

A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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43

noun

Meaning 43

A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, in-plural, sometimes, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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44

noun

Meaning 44

The lower part of a robe or petticoat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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45

noun

Meaning 45

An apron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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46

noun

Meaning 46

A line in a survey 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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47

noun

Meaning 47

A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: electoral base, political base

Antonyms: none provided

48

noun

Meaning 48

The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Marxism, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: substructure

Antonyms: superstructure

49

noun

Meaning 49

A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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50

noun

Meaning 50

Ellipsis of base leg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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51

noun

Meaning 51

freebase cocaine

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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52

noun

Meaning 52

The game of prisoners' bars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, historical, uncountable

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53

noun

Meaning 53

Alternative form of BASE.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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54

noun

Meaning 54

Acronym of building, antenna-tower, span, earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

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55

verb

Meaning 55

To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: ground

Antonyms: none provided

56

verb

Meaning 56

To be located (at a particular place).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II.
  • Top management decided to base our new Spanish subsidiary in Arévalo (Ávila).

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57

verb

Meaning 57

To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: acrobatics, arts, cheerleading, hobbies, lifestyle, performing-arts, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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58

verb

Meaning 58

To freebase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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59

adjective satellite

Meaning 59

debased; not genuine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an attempt to eliminate the base coinage

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Synonyms: none provided

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60

adjective satellite

Meaning 60

illegitimate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: baseborn

Antonyms: none provided

61

adjective satellite

Meaning 61

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality- Edmund Burke- Shakespeare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble
  • taking a mean advantage
  • chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort
  • something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics

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Synonyms: mean, meanspirited

Antonyms: none provided

62

adjective satellite

Meaning 62

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • baseborn wretches with dirty faces
  • of humble (or lowly) birth

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Synonyms: baseborn, humble, lowly

Antonyms: none provided

63

adjective satellite

Meaning 63

serving as or forming a base

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basal

Antonyms: none provided

64

adjective satellite

Meaning 64

not adhering to ethical or moral principles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • base and unpatriotic motives
  • a base, degrading way of life
  • cheating is dishonorable
  • they considered colonialism immoral
  • unethical practices in handling public funds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immoral

Antonyms: none provided

65

adjective satellite

Meaning 65

(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • base coins of aluminum
  • a base metal

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

66

noun

Meaning 66

a support or foundation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the base of the lamp

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pedestal, stand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: support

Narrower terms: brass monkey, staddle, trivet

67

noun

Meaning 67

a place that the runner must touch before scoring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he scrambled to get back to the bag

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baseball equipment

Narrower terms: first base, home plate, home base, home, plate, second base, third base, third

68

noun

Meaning 68

(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electrode

69

noun

Meaning 69

installation from which a military force initiates operations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the attack wiped out our forward bases

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: base of operations

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: military installation

Narrower terms: air base, air station, army base, firebase, navy base, rocket base

70

noun

Meaning 70

a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a tub should sit on its own base

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bottom, underside, undersurface

71

noun

Meaning 71

the principal ingredient of a mixture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ingredient

72

noun

Meaning 72

lowest support of a structure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was built on a base of solid rock
  • he stood at the foot of the tower

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foundation, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: support

Narrower terms: bed, raft foundation

73

noun

Meaning 73

the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the industrial base of Japan

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infrastructure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: store, stock, fund

74

noun

Meaning 74

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basis, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assumption, supposition, supposal

Narrower terms: meat and potatoes

75

noun

Meaning 75

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thematic vowels are part of the stem

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: root, root word, stem, theme, radical

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form, word form, signifier, descriptor

76

noun

Meaning 76

a lower limit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the government established a wage floor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: floor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: control

Narrower terms: price floor, wage floor

77

noun

Meaning 77

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO

78

noun

Meaning 78

the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: home

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: location

79

noun

Meaning 79

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the base of the skull

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bottom

80

noun

Meaning 80

the bottom or lowest part

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the base of the mountain

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, piece

81

noun

Meaning 81

(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 10 is the radix of the decimal system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radix

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

82

noun

Meaning 82

the most important or necessary part of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the basis of this drink is orange juice

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, portion, component part, component, constituent

83

noun

Meaning 83

the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the base of the triangle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flank

84

noun

Meaning 84

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alkali

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

Narrower terms: pyridine, purine, imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline, melamine, cyanuramide, pyrimidine

85

noun

Meaning 85

a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nucleotide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ester

Narrower terms: base pair, adenosine monophosphate, AMP, adenylic acid, adenosine diphosphate, ADP, adenosine triphosphate, ATP, deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A, deoxycytidine monophosphate, C, deoxyguanosine monophosphate, G, deoxythymidine monophosphate, T, muton, uracil, U

86

verb

Meaning 86

use as a basis for; found on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • base a claim on some observation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: establish, ground, found

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: build

87

verb

Meaning 87

use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: free-base

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug, do drugs

88

verb

Meaning 88

situate as a center of operations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we will base this project in the new lab

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: situate, locate

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gwémtis Proto-Hellenic *gwə́tis Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)bor.? Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús)bor.? Oscanbor.? Celticbor.? Late Latin bassus Old French basbor. Middle English bas English base From Middle English base, bas, from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus (“low”). Cognate with Spanish bajo, Italian basso and base.

From base (“short”).

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 From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.

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

Variant forms.

Across languages

Translations

679 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: منخفض — low
  • Armenian: ստոր (stor) — low
  • Armenian: ցածր (cʻacr) — low
  • Bulgarian: низък (nizǎk) — low
  • Bulgarian: подъл (podǎl) — low
  • Catalan: baix — low
  • Catalan: abjecte — low
  • Catalan: vil — low
  • Catalan: indigne — low
  • Catalan: innoble — low
  • Finnish: matala — low
  • Finnish: lyhyt — low
  • French: bas — low
  • French: abject — low
  • French: indigne — low
  • French: ignoble — low
  • Greek: ταπεινός (tapeinós) — low
  • Khmer: ទាប (tiep) — low
  • Latvian: zems — low
  • Portuguese: baixo — low
  • Spanish: bajo — low
  • Tibetan: དམའ་པོ (dma' po) — low
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — low
  • Arabic: دنيء — of inferior quality
  • Bulgarian: долнокачествен (dolnokačestven) — of inferior quality
  • Bulgarian: долнопробен (dolnoproben) — of inferior quality
  • Catalan: indigne — of inferior quality
  • Catalan: innoble — of inferior quality
  • Finnish: ala-arvoinen — of inferior quality
  • French: indigne — of inferior quality
  • French: ignoble — of inferior quality
  • Greek: ευτελής (eftelís) — of inferior quality
  • Hebrew: ירוד (yárud) — of inferior quality
  • Portuguese: ruim — of inferior quality
  • Swedish: usel — of inferior quality
  • Tibetan: དམའ་པོ (dma' po) — of inferior quality
  • Tibetan: དམན་པ (dman pa) — of inferior quality
  • Tibetan: ཞན་པ (zhan pa) — of inferior quality
  • Tibetan: སྤུས་ཞན་པ (spus zhan pa) — of inferior quality
  • Tibetan: སྤུས་སྡུག་པ (spus sdug pa) — of inferior quality
  • Arabic: فاسق — immoral
  • Armenian: ստոր (stor) — immoral
  • Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — immoral
  • Bulgarian: низък (nizǎk) — immoral
  • Catalan: immoral — immoral
  • Finnish: moraaliton — immoral
  • Finnish: säädytön — immoral
  • Greek: ποταπός (potapós) — immoral
  • Latvian: zems — immoral
  • Latvian: zemisks — immoral
  • Latvian: nekrietns — immoral
  • Latvian: netikumisks — immoral
  • Latvian: netikumīgs — immoral
  • Persian: هرزَه (harza) — immoral
  • Persian: پَست — immoral
  • Portuguese: baixo — immoral
  • Russian: ни́зменный (nízmennyj) — immoral
  • Spanish: rastrero — immoral
  • Tibetan: མ་རབས (ma rabs) — immoral
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — immoral
  • Ottoman Turkish: رذیل (rezil) — immoral
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذلیل (zelil) — immoral
  • Arabic: شائع — vulgar, common
  • Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — vulgar, common
  • Catalan: vulgar — vulgar, common
  • Finnish: yleinen — vulgar, common
  • Italian: plebaglia — vulgar, common
  • Italian: volgo — vulgar, common
  • Italian: popolino — vulgar, common
  • Italian: plebe — vulgar, common
  • Italian: plebeo — vulgar, common
  • Italian: volgare — vulgar, common
  • Italian: popolano — vulgar, common
  • Khmer: ទាប (tiep) — vulgar, common
  • Latvian: zemisks — vulgar, common
  • Latvian: prasts — vulgar, common
  • Tibetan: མ་རབས (ma rabs) — vulgar, common
  • Bulgarian: неблагороден (neblagoroden) — describing metals
  • Danish: uædel — describing metals
  • Finnish: epäjalo — describing metals
  • Greek: αγενής (agenís) — describing metals
  • Irish: neamhlómhar — describing metals
  • Italian: basico — describing metals
  • Manx: neuchostal — describing metals
  • Swedish: oädel — describing metals
  • Tibetan: གཙོ་མ (gtso ma) — describing metals
  • Akkadian: išdum — something from which other things extend
  • Arabic: أَسَاس (ʔasās) — something from which other things extend
  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — something from which other things extend
  • Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — something from which other things extend
  • Asturian: base — something from which other things extend
  • Azerbaijani: bünövrə — something from which other things extend
  • Azerbaijani: özül — something from which other things extend
  • Belarusian: падста́ва (padstáva) — something from which other things extend
  • Belarusian: аснава́нне (asnavánnje) — something from which other things extend
  • Belarusian: асно́ва (asnóva) — something from which other things extend
  • Belarusian: ба́за (báza) — something from which other things extend
  • Belarusian: фунда́мент (fundámjent) — something from which other things extend
  • Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — something from which other things extend
  • Bulgarian: фундаме́нт (fundamént) — something from which other things extend
  • Catalan: base — something from which other things extend
  • Catalan: fonament — something from which other things extend
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基礎 /基础 (jīchǔ) — something from which other things extend
  • Crimean Tatar: baza — something from which other things extend
  • Czech: kořen — something from which other things extend
  • Czech: základ — something from which other things extend
  • Dutch: basis — something from which other things extend
  • Esperanto: fundo — something from which other things extend
  • Finnish: perustus — something from which other things extend
  • Finnish: pohja — something from which other things extend
  • Finnish: perusta — something from which other things extend
  • French: base — something from which other things extend
  • Galician: base — something from which other things extend
  • Georgian: საფუძველი (sapuʒveli) — something from which other things extend
  • Georgian: საძირკველი (saʒirḳveli) — something from which other things extend
  • German: Basis — something from which other things extend
  • German: Grundlage — something from which other things extend
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — something from which other things extend
  • Greek: θεμέλιο (themélio) — something from which other things extend
  • Ancient Greek: βάσις (básis) — something from which other things extend
  • Hebrew: בָּסִיס (basis) — something from which other things extend
  • Hindi: आधार (ādhār) — something from which other things extend
  • Hungarian: alap — something from which other things extend
  • Indonesian: dasar — something from which other things extend
  • Irish: ceap — something from which other things extend
  • Italian: basi — something from which other things extend
  • Italian: basamento — something from which other things extend
  • Italian: fondamenta — something from which other things extend
  • Japanese: 基礎 (kiso) — something from which other things extend
  • Japanese: 基 (moto) — something from which other things extend
  • Javanese: dhasar — something from which other things extend
  • Kabuverdianu: bazi — something from which other things extend
  • Kabuverdianu: baze — something from which other things extend
  • Khmer: មូលដ្ឋាន (muulatthaan) — something from which other things extend
  • Korean: 기초 (gicho) — something from which other things extend
  • Central Kurdish: بنکە (binke) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: негиз (negiz) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: түп (tüp) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: база (baza) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: себеп (sebep) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: базис (bazis) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: байыр (bayır) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: цоколь (tsokol) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: фундамент (fundament) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: таман (taman) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: негиздөө (negizdöö) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: негизделүү (negizdelüü) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: негиз салуу (negiz saluu) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: жайлашуу (jaylaşuu) — something from which other things extend
  • Kyrgyz: таянуу (tayanuu) — something from which other things extend
  • Lao: ກະທູ້ (ka thū) — something from which other things extend
  • Lao: ຕີນ (tīn) — something from which other things extend
  • Lao: ມູນ (mūn) — something from which other things extend
  • Latin: solum — something from which other things extend
  • Macedonian: основа (osnova) — something from which other things extend
  • Malay: asas — something from which other things extend
  • Malayalam: അടിസ്ഥാനം (aṭisthānaṁ) — something from which other things extend
  • Māori: take — something from which other things extend
  • Māori: taketake — something from which other things extend
  • Māori: tatūnga — something from which other things extend
  • Occitan: basa — something from which other things extend
  • Occitan: fondament — something from which other things extend
  • Iranian Persian: بُنْیاد (bonyâd) — something from which other things extend
  • Iranian Persian: بُن (bon) — something from which other things extend
  • Iranian Persian: پایِه (pâye) — something from which other things extend
  • Iranian Persian: شالودِه (šâlude) — something from which other things extend
  • Iranian Persian: اَساس (asâs) — something from which other things extend
  • Plautdietsch: Grunt — something from which other things extend
  • Polish: podstawa — something from which other things extend
  • Polish: fundament — something from which other things extend
  • Polish: baza — something from which other things extend
  • Portuguese: base — something from which other things extend
  • Quechua: tiksi — something from which other things extend
  • Romanian: bază — something from which other things extend
  • Romanian: fundament — something from which other things extend
  • Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — something from which other things extend
  • Russian: фунда́мент (fundáment) — something from which other things extend
  • Russian: ба́за (báza) — something from which other things extend
  • Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — something from which other things extend
  • Russian: ба́зис (bázis) — something from which other things extend
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѐмељ — something from which other things extend
  • Serbo-Croatian: tèmelj — something from which other things extend
  • Slovak: základ — something from which other things extend
  • Slovak: základy — something from which other things extend
  • Slovene: temelj — something from which other things extend
  • Southern Altai: тӧс (tös) — something from which other things extend
  • Southern Altai: тӧӧс (töös) — something from which other things extend
  • Southern Altai: база (baza) — something from which other things extend
  • Southern Altai: фундамент (fundament) — something from which other things extend
  • Spanish: base — something from which other things extend
  • Spanish: orlo — something from which other things extend
  • Swahili: uanzishaji — something from which other things extend
  • Swedish: grund — something from which other things extend
  • Swedish: bas — something from which other things extend
  • Tajik: бунёд (bunyod) — something from which other things extend
  • Tajik: асос (asos) — something from which other things extend
  • Telugu: పీఠం (pīṭhaṁ) — something from which other things extend
  • Tetum: hun — something from which other things extend
  • Thai: ฐาน (tǎan) — something from which other things extend
  • Thai: โคน (koon) — something from which other things extend
  • Thai: พื้นฐาน (pʉ́ʉn-tǎan) — something from which other things extend
  • Tibetan: རྨང་གཞི (rmang gzhi) — something from which other things extend
  • Tibetan: མཐིལ (mthil) — something from which other things extend
  • Turkish: temelesas — something from which other things extend
  • Turkish: kaide — something from which other things extend
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — something from which other things extend
  • Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel) — something from which other things extend
  • Ukrainian: осно́ва (osnóva) — something from which other things extend
  • Ukrainian: підста́ва (pidstáva) — something from which other things extend
  • Ukrainian: ба́за (báza) — something from which other things extend
  • Ukrainian: фунда́мент (fundáment) — something from which other things extend
  • Urdu: بُنِیاد (buniyād) — something from which other things extend
  • Urdu: بُنْیاد (bunyād) — something from which other things extend
  • Welsh: gwaelod — something from which other things extend
  • Bulgarian: старт (start) — starting point of thought
  • Catalan: base — starting point of thought
  • Catalan: principi — starting point of thought
  • Catalan: fonament — starting point of thought
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基礎 /基础 (jīchǔ) — starting point of thought
  • Czech: základ — starting point of thought
  • Dutch: basis — starting point of thought
  • Dutch: vertrekpunt — starting point of thought
  • Estonian: alguspunkt — starting point of thought
  • Estonian: põhi — starting point of thought
  • Finnish: lähtökohta — starting point of thought
  • French: base — starting point of thought
  • Galician: base — starting point of thought
  • German: Basis — starting point of thought
  • German: Grundlage — starting point of thought
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — starting point of thought
  • Hebrew: נקודת מוצא (nequdat motza) — starting point of thought
  • Hindi: मूल (mūl) — starting point of thought
  • Indonesian: dasar pemikiran — starting point of thought
  • Indonesian: landasan pemikiran — starting point of thought
  • Italian: base — starting point of thought
  • Kabuverdianu: baze — starting point of thought
  • Kabuverdianu: bazi — starting point of thought
  • Iranian Persian: ریشِه (riše) — starting point of thought
  • Iranian Persian: پایِه (pâye) — starting point of thought
  • Polish: baza — starting point of thought
  • Portuguese: base — starting point of thought
  • Romanian: bază — starting point of thought
  • Russian: старт (start) — starting point of thought
  • Russian: ба́за (báza) — starting point of thought
  • Russian: ба́зис (bázis) — starting point of thought
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́за — starting point of thought
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѐмељ — starting point of thought
  • Serbo-Croatian: báza — starting point of thought
  • Serbo-Croatian: tèmelj — starting point of thought
  • Spanish: base — starting point of thought
  • Swedish: början — starting point of thought
  • Tibetan: གཞི་རྟེན (gzhi rten) — starting point of thought
  • Tibetan: གཞི་རྩ (gzhi rtsa) — starting point of thought
  • Turkish: temel — starting point of thought
  • Turkish: asıl — starting point of thought
  • Turkish: dayanak — starting point of thought
  • Turkish: kaide — starting point of thought
  • Turkish: esas — starting point of thought
  • Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel) — starting point of thought
  • Albanian: bazë — permanent structure for housing military
  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Armenian: բազա (baza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Armenian: ռազմակայան (ṙazmakayan) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Asturian: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Azerbaijani: baza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Belarusian: ба́за (báza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Bulgarian: ба́за (báza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Catalan: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Catalan: caserna — permanent structure for housing military
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基地 (jīdì) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Crimean Tatar: baza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Czech: základna — permanent structure for housing military
  • Danish: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Dutch: basis — permanent structure for housing military
  • Dutch: kazerne — permanent structure for housing military
  • Estonian: baas — permanent structure for housing military
  • Finnish: tukikohta — permanent structure for housing military
  • French: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • French: caserne — permanent structure for housing military
  • Galician: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Georgian: ბაზა (baza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • German: Kaserne — permanent structure for housing military
  • German: Basis — permanent structure for housing military
  • German: Stützpunkt — permanent structure for housing military
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Hebrew: בָּסִיס (basis) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Hindi: अड्डा (aḍḍā) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Hungarian: támaszpont — permanent structure for housing military
  • Hungarian: bázis — permanent structure for housing military
  • Icelandic: herstöð — permanent structure for housing military
  • Ido: kazerno — permanent structure for housing military
  • Indonesian: pangkalan — permanent structure for housing military
  • Indonesian: markas — permanent structure for housing military
  • Italian: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Italian: caserma — permanent structure for housing military
  • Japanese: 基地 (kichi) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Kazakh: база (baza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Khmer: អង្គ (ʼɑng) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Khmer: ស្ថាន (sthaan) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Khmer: មូលដ្ឋាន (muulatthaan) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Korean: 기지 (giji) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Kyrgyz: база (baza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Macedonian: база (baza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Malay: pangkalan — permanent structure for housing military
  • Mongolian: бааз (baaz) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Mongolian: суурин газар (suurin gazar) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Norwegian Bokmål: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Iranian Persian: پایْگاه (pâygâh) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Polish: baza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Portuguese: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Romanian: bază — permanent structure for housing military
  • Russian: ба́за (báza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Russian: опо́рный пункт (opórnyj punkt) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́за — permanent structure for housing military
  • Serbo-Croatian: báza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Slovak: základňa — permanent structure for housing military
  • Slovene: baza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Slovene: oporišče — permanent structure for housing military
  • Spanish: base — permanent structure for housing military
  • Swedish: bas — permanent structure for housing military
  • Swedish: kasern — permanent structure for housing military
  • Tagalog: takad — permanent structure for housing military
  • Tagalog: hukbuhing takad — permanent structure for housing military
  • Tajik: база (baza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Tajik: пойгоҳ (poygoh) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Telugu: స్థావరం (sthāvaraṁ) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Thai: ฐานทัพ (tǎan-táp) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Tibetan: དམག་སྒར (dmag sgar) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Turkish: üs — permanent structure for housing military
  • Turkish: kaide — permanent structure for housing military
  • Turkish: karargâh — permanent structure for housing military
  • Turkmen: baza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Ukrainian: ба́за (báza) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Urdu: اڈا (aḍḍā) — permanent structure for housing military
  • Uzbek: baza — permanent structure for housing military
  • Vietnamese: căn cứ — permanent structure for housing military
  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — headquarters
  • Arabic: مَرْكَز (markaz) — headquarters
  • Asturian: base — headquarters
  • Asturian: sede — headquarters
  • Bulgarian: централа (centrala) — headquarters
  • Bulgarian: щаб (štab) — headquarters
  • Catalan: seu — headquarters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總部 /总部 (zǒngbù) — headquarters
  • Danish: hovedkvarter — headquarters
  • Dutch: basis — headquarters
  • Dutch: hoofdkwartier — headquarters
  • Estonian: peakorter — headquarters
  • Finnish: päämaja — headquarters
  • French: base — headquarters
  • French: quartier général — headquarters
  • Galician: base — headquarters
  • Galician: sede — headquarters
  • Georgian: შტაბი (šṭabi) — headquarters
  • German: Basis — headquarters
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — headquarters
  • Greek: έδρα (édra) — headquarters
  • Hindi: मुख्यालय (mukhyālay) — headquarters
  • Icelandic: bækistöðvar — headquarters
  • Icelandic: höfuðstöðvar — headquarters
  • Indonesian: kantor pusat — headquarters
  • Italian: sede — headquarters
  • Italian: quartier generale — headquarters
  • Japanese: 司令部 (shireibu) — headquarters
  • Korean: 사령부 (saryeongbu) — headquarters
  • Malayalam: താവളം (tāvaḷaṁ) — headquarters
  • Manx: bun-ynnyd — headquarters
  • Māori: papa taunga — headquarters
  • Māori: papataunga — headquarters
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hovedkvarter — headquarters
  • Iranian Persian: سِتاد (setâd) — headquarters
  • Iranian Persian: پایْگاه (pâygâh) — headquarters
  • Polish: baza — headquarters
  • Polish: sztab — headquarters
  • Portuguese: base — headquarters
  • Portuguese: sede — headquarters
  • Russian: штаб (štab) — headquarters
  • Russian: штаб-кварти́ра (štab-kvartíra) — headquarters
  • Spanish: base — headquarters
  • Spanish: sede — headquarters
  • Swedish: högkvarter — headquarters
  • Telugu: స్థావరం (sthāvaraṁ) — headquarters
  • Thai: ฐานทัพ (tǎan-táp) — headquarters
  • Turkish: karargâh — headquarters
  • Turkish: merkez — headquarters
  • Turkish: üs — headquarters
  • Bulgarian: основа (osnova) — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Finnish: perusraaka-aine — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Indonesian: bahan — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Indonesian: bahan dasar — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Italian: ingrediente — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Italian: basilare — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Japanese: ベース (bēsu) — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Slovak: základ — cooking, painting, pharmacy: basic but essential component or ingredient
  • Bulgarian: байц (bajc) — substance used as mordant in dyeing
  • Finnish: puretin — substance used as mordant in dyeing
  • Italian: mordente — substance used as mordant in dyeing
  • Bulgarian: основа (osnova) — cosmetics: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform
  • Finnish: perusvoide — cosmetics: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform
  • Italian: sottofondo — cosmetics: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform
  • Afrikaans: basis — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Asturian: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Azerbaijani: əsas — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Belarusian: асно́ва (asnóva) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Belarusian: аснава́нне (asnavánnje) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Burmese: ဘေ့စ် (bhec.) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Burmese: ဗေ့စ် (bec.) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Catalan: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鹼性 /碱性 (jiǎnxìng) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Crimean Tatar: baza — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Czech: zásada — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Czech: báze — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Czech: alkálie — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Danish: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Dutch: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Estonian: alus — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Finnish: emäs — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • French: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Galician: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Georgian: ფუძე (puʒe) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • German: Base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Hebrew: בָּסִיס (basís) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Hungarian: bázis — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Hungarian: lúg — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Indonesian: alkali — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Indonesian: basa — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Italian: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Italian: alcali — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Japanese: 塩基 (enki) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Khmer: បាស (baah) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Korean: 염기 (yeomgi) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Malay: bes — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Malayalam: ക്ഷാരം (kṣāraṁ) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Māori: pāpāhua — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Norwegian Bokmål: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Dari: اساس (asās) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Iranian Persian: باز (bâz) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Polish: zasada — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Portuguese: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Punjabi: اساس — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́за — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: лу̀жина — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: báza — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Serbo-Croatian: lùžina — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Slovak: zásada — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Slovene: baza — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Spanish: base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Swedish: bas — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Tagalog: tangkap — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Tajik: асос (asos) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Telugu: క్షారం (kṣāraṁ) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Thai: เบส (bèes) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Thai: ด่าง (dàang) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Turkish: baz — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Ukrainian: осно́ва (osnóva) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Urdu: اساس (asās) — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Vietnamese: bazơ — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Volapük: bäd — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Welsh: bas — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Welsh: sawd — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壘 /垒 (lěi) — safe zone in children's game
  • Czech: pikola — safe zone in children's game
  • Estonian: kodu — safe zone in children's game
  • Finnish: koti — safe zone in children's game
  • Finnish: pesä — safe zone in children's game
  • Greek: μάνα (mána) — safe zone in children's game
  • Hungarian: ház — safe zone in children's game
  • Icelandic: stikkfrí — safe zone in children's game
  • Norwegian: frie — safe zone in children's game
  • Portuguese: pique — safe zone in children's game
  • Bulgarian: ба́за (báza) — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Catalan: base — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壘 /垒 (lěi) — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Czech: meta — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Danish: base — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Dutch: honk — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Finnish: pesä — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • French: base — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • French: but — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • French: coussin — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Galician: base — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Japanese: 塁 (rui) — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Korean: 루 (ru) — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Māori: pūrei — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Polish: baza — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Portuguese: base — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Russian: ба́за (báza) — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Spanish: base — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Swedish: bas — baseball: one of the three places that a runner can stand in safety
  • Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — lowermost part of a column
  • Catalan: basament — lowermost part of a column
  • Czech: patka — lowermost part of a column
  • Danish: basis — lowermost part of a column
  • Finnish: kanta — lowermost part of a column
  • German: Sockel — lowermost part of a column
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — lowermost part of a column
  • Hindi: नींव (nī̃v) — lowermost part of a column
  • Hungarian: lábazat — lowermost part of a column
  • Italian: base — lowermost part of a column
  • Italian: zoccolo — lowermost part of a column
  • Italian: basamento — lowermost part of a column
  • Italian: piedistallo — lowermost part of a column
  • Iranian Persian: پِیْ (pey) — lowermost part of a column
  • Polish: baza — lowermost part of a column
  • Portuguese: base — lowermost part of a column
  • Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — lowermost part of a column
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏снова — lowermost part of a column
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́за — lowermost part of a column
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍsnova — lowermost part of a column
  • Serbo-Croatian: báza — lowermost part of a column
  • Spanish: basamento — lowermost part of a column
  • Thai: โคน (koon) — lowermost part of a column
  • Turkish: temel — lowermost part of a column
  • Bulgarian: база (baza) — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Czech: báze — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Danish: base — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Finnish: emäs — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Indonesian: basa — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Russian: ба́за (báza) — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́за — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Serbo-Croatian: báza — biology: nucleobase in the context of DNA or RNA
  • Bulgarian: основа (osnova) — botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
  • Czech: báze — botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
  • Finnish: kanta — botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
  • Finnish: lehtikanta — botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
  • Tagalog: takad — botany: end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support
  • Bulgarian: ба́за (báza) — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Crimean Tatar: baza — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Czech: báze — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Danish: basis — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Finnish: kanta — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • French: base — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Georgian: ბაზა (baza) — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Polish: baza — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Portuguese: base — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Russian: ба́за (báza) — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Slovak: báza — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Swedish: bas — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Turkish: baz — electronics: controlling terminal of a transistor
  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Armenian: հիմք (himkʻ) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Azerbaijani: oturacaq — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Catalan: base — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Czech: základna — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Dutch: basis — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Finnish: kanta — geometry: lowest side or face
  • French: base — geometry: lowest side or face
  • German: Basis — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Hebrew: בסיס (basys) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Icelandic: grunnflötur — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Ido: bazo — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Italian: base — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Korean: 밑변 (mitbyeon) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Korean: 밑면 (minmyeon) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Māori: pūtake — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Marathi: पाया (pāyā) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Iranian Persian: قاعِدِه (ġâ'ede) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Polish: podstawa — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Portuguese: base — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Russian: осно́ва (osnóva) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Slovene: osnovnica — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Swedish: bas — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Tagalog: takad — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Telugu: భూమి (bhūmi) — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Turkish: taban — geometry: lowest side or face
  • Danish: skjoldfod — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Dutch: schildvoet — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Finnish: tyviö — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Finnish: tyvi — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • French: champagne — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • German: Schildfuß — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Italian: campagna — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Spanish: campaña — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Swedish: stam — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Swedish: sköldfot — heraldic charge: lowest third of a shield or field
  • Asturian: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Bulgarian: основа (osnova) — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Catalan: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Czech: základ — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Danish: grundtal — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Estonian: aste — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Finnish: kantaluku — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Finnish: kanta — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • French: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Galician: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Greek: βάση (vási) — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Hungarian: alap — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Icelandic: veldisstofn — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Italian: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Japanese: 底 (tei) — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Korean: 밑 (mit) — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Māori: pūtake — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Iranian Persian: مَبْنا (mabnâ) — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Polish: podstawa — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Portuguese: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Romanian: bază — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба́за — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Serbo-Croatian: báza — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Spanish: base — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Swedish: bas — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Tagalog: takad — math: number raised to the power of an exponent
  • Bulgarian: база (baza) — topology: set of sets from which a topology is derived
  • Finnish: kanta — topology: set of sets from which a topology is derived
  • Polish: baza — topology: set of sets from which a topology is derived
  • Finnish: kanta — topology: topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles
  • Finnish: alamies — acrobatics, cheerleading: person who supports the flyer
  • Bulgarian: основа (osnova) — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Finnish: kanta — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Indonesian: kata dasar — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Indonesian: kata baku — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Māori: tumu — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Māori: kupu kiko — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Polish: baza — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Turkish: kök — linguistics: morpheme that serves as foundation on which affixes can be attached
  • Bulgarian: поли (poli) — lower part of a robe or petticoat
  • Finnish: helma — lower part of a robe or petticoat
  • Ingrian: helma — lower part of a robe or petticoat
  • Finnish: perusviiva — surveying: line that serves as the origin for measurements
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基本盤 /基本盘 (jīběnpán) — group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates
  • Arabic: يُبْنَى عَلَى (yubnā ʕalā) — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Arabic: يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى (yastanidu ʔilā) — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Armenian: հիմնվել (himnvel) — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Asturian: basar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Bulgarian: основавам се (osnovavam se) — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Catalan: basar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Ngazidja Comorian: utegemea — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Danish: basere — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Dutch: baseren — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Dutch: zich baseren op — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Esperanto: bazi — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Estonian: lähtuma — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Finnish: perustaa — have as its foundation or starting point
  • French: baser — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Galician: basear — have as its foundation or starting point
  • German: basieren — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Greek: βασίζω (vasízo) — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Haitian Creole: baze — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Ido: apogar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Indonesian: dasar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Indonesian: didasarkan — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Indonesian: bedasarkan — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Interlingua: basar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Italian: basare — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Italian: erigere — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Italian: edificare — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Polish: bazować — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Portuguese: basear-se em — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Slovak: zakladať — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Slovak: opierať — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Spanish: basar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Spanish: fundamentar — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Swedish: basera — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Swedish: grunda — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Tagalog: ibase — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Volapük: stabön — have as its foundation or starting point
  • Bulgarian: базирам се (baziram se) — be located
  • Finnish: sijaita — be located
  • Greek: εδρεύω (edrévo) — be located
  • Indonesian: terletak — be located
  • Indonesian: berpusat — be located
  • Persian: بنیانگذاری (bonyângozâri) — be located
  • Persian: پایهگذاری (pâye-gozâri) — be located
  • Persian: پیریزی (pey-rizi) — be located
  • Polish: bazować — be located
  • Portuguese: basear-se em — be located
  • Portuguese: ficar em — be located