base

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Base

base is on the Basic English 850 List.

band - base - basin

base is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

bar - base - basis

Pronunciation

• enPR: bās, IPA ^(key): /beɪs/
• SAMPA: /beIs/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: bass

Noun

Singular base

Plural bases

Base is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. Something's base is its lower part; the solid part that touches the floor or touches the earth and keeps the other parts of the thing up.
   • Synonym: foundation
2. Something's base is its most important part.
3. A base is a building for military personnel and material.
4. (chemistry); (countable) An base is a chemical that releases hydroxide ions in water, and has the pH of over 7.
   • Synonym: alkaline
   • Antonym: acid

   Ammonia is a weak base.

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Synonyms

• centre/center
• heart
• support
• rest
• source

Related words

• baseless
• basic
• basically

Adjective

Positive base

Comparative baser

Superlative basest

1. Rude, unfair, or unkind.
   • Synonym: immoral

   The people who make those sex videos are really base.

Verb

Plain form base

Third-person singular bases

Past tense based

Past participle based

Present participle basing

Base is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. (transitive) When something or someone is based in a place, they do most of their work in that place.

   The airline is based in Toronto, but flies all over the world.

2. (transitive) If you base x on y, you build or make x on, using, or to be like y.

   The movie is based on the book.

Synonyms

• create
• build
• construct
• ground