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Noun basis has 19 senses
- footing, basis, ground - a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
--1 is a kind of compound, chemical compound; foundation; compound, chemical compound; foundation
--1 has particulars: | | pyridine; purine; purine; imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline; melamine, cyanuramide; pyrimidine; footing, basis, ground; common ground; base, alkali; pyridine; purine; purine; imidazole, iminazole, glyoxaline; melamine, cyanuramide; pyrimidine; footing, basis, ground; common ground |
- basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
--2 is a kind of military installation; assumption, supposition, supposal; military installation; assumption, supposition, supposal
--2 is a part of
--2 has particulars: | | air base, air station; army base; firebase; navy base; rocket base; basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone; meat and potatoes; base, base of operations; air base, air station; army base; firebase; navy base; rocket base; basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone; meat and potatoes |
- basis, base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
--3 is a kind of support; part, portion, component part, component; support; part, portion, component part, component
--3 is a part of
--3 has particulars:
- base, bag - place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
--4 is a kind of baseball equipment; baseball equipment
--4 is a part of
--4 has particulars:
- base, radix - (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"
--5 is a kind of number; number
- base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"
--6 is a kind of part, piece; part, piece
- base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
--7 is a kind of bottom; bottom
- floor, base - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
--8 is a kind of control; control
--8 has particulars:
- basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone - the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
--9 is a kind of assumption, supposition, supposal; assumption, supposition, supposal
--9 is a part of
--9 has particulars:
- base, pedestal, stand - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
--10 is a kind of support; support
--10 has particulars:
- base - the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"
--11 is a kind of flank; flank
- basis, base - the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
--12 is a kind of part, portion, component part, component; part, portion, component part, component
- base, home - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
--13 is a kind of location; location
- al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base - an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries
--14 is a kind of terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO; terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
- root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
--15 is a kind of form, word form, signifier, descriptor; form, word form, signifier, descriptor
- infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"
--16 is a kind of store, stock, fund; store, stock, fund
--16 has parts: | | communication system, communication equipment; fire station, firehouse; gas system; main; penal institution, penal facility; power system, power grid, grid; public works; school system; sewage system, sewer system, sewage works; transportation system, transportation, transit; water system, water supply, water |
- base - the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"
--17 is a kind of ingredient; ingredient
- base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"
--18 is a kind of bottom, underside, undersurface; bottom, underside, undersurface
--18 is a part of
- base - (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
--19 is a kind of electrode; electrode
--19 is a part of
Verb base has 3 senses
- establish, base, ground, found - use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- free-base, base - use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
--2 is one way to drug, do drugs
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- station, post, base, send, place - assign to a station
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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