English Explanatory Dictionary

base

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
  2. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
  3. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
  4. A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
  5. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
  6. A basic but essential component or ingredient.
  7. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
  8. Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
  9. Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
  10. Important areas in games and sports.
  11. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
  12. One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
verb
  1. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
  2. To be located (at a particular place).
  3. To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
  4. To freebase.
adj
  1. Low in height; short.
  2. Low in place or position.
  3. Of low value or degree.
  4. Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
  5. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
  6. Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
  7. Not considered precious or noble.
  8. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
  9. Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
  10. Not classical or correct.
  11. Obsolete form of bass.
  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.
noun
  1. The game of prisoners' bars.
noun
  1. Alternative form of BASE.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
noun
  1. Acronym of building, antenna-tower, span, earth.
name
  1. Acronym of British Association for Screen Entertainment.

Pronunciation

bās /beɪs/ en-us-base.ogg /beːs/

Word forms

base bases basing based baser more base basest most base B.A.S.E.

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

alkali radix electoral base political base substructure ground insignificant common low-born lowly plebeian vulgar evil little petite short low-lying lowland despicable low-quality illegitimate

Antonyms

acid apex superstructure likeable desirable admirable noble

Related words

successor × ×... = Or sometimes √ = log(base) = = + = + +... = − = × = ÷ =

Derived words

abase acid-base acid-base equilibrium acid-base indicator acid-base pair agawan base all your base are belong to us basal base 2 base-2 base address base angle base anhydride base bag baseball base ball base-ball baseband baseboard baseborn base box baseburner base-burner base camp base cap base case base censor base character base chief base class basecoat base coat base color base colour base communications base course base court base exchange base flashing baseflow base fluid base form base gas base hit base hospital base isolation baselayer baseless baselevel baselike baseline baseload base load basely baseman base memory basement base molding base moulding basename

Translations

Akkadian: išdum Arabic: أَسَاس Arabic: قَاعِدَة Armenian: հիմք Asturian: base Azerbaijani: bünövrə Azerbaijani: özül Azerbaijani: əsas Belarusian: падста́ва Belarusian: аснава́нне Belarusian: асно́ва Belarusian: ба́за Belarusian: фунда́мент Bulgarian: осно́ва Bulgarian: фундаме́нт Catalan: base Catalan: fonament Chinese Mandarin: 基礎 /基础 Chinese Mandarin: 鹼性 /碱性 Crimean Tatar: baza Czech: kořen Czech: základ Czech: zásada Czech: báze Czech: alkálie Dutch: basis Dutch: base Esperanto: fundo Finnish: perustus Finnish: pohja Finnish: perusta Finnish: emäs French: base Galician: base Georgian: საფუძველი Georgian: საძირკველი Georgian: ფუძე German: Basis German: Grundlage German: Base Greek: βάση Greek: θεμέλιο Ancient Greek: βάσις Hebrew: בָּסִיס Hindi: आधार Hungarian: alap Hungarian: bázis Hungarian: lúg Indonesian: dasar Indonesian: alkali Indonesian: basa Irish: ceap Italian: basi Italian: basamento Italian: fondamenta Italian: base Italian: alcali Japanese: 基礎 Japanese: 基 Japanese: 塩基 Javanese: dhasar Kabuverdianu: bazi Kabuverdianu: baze Khmer: មូលដ្ឋាន Khmer: បាស Korean: 기초 Korean: 염기 Central Kurdish: بنکە Kyrgyz: негиз Kyrgyz: түп Kyrgyz: база Kyrgyz: себеп Kyrgyz: базис Kyrgyz: байыр Kyrgyz: цоколь Kyrgyz: фундамент Kyrgyz: таман Kyrgyz: негиздөө Kyrgyz: негизделүү Kyrgyz: негиз салуу Lao: ກະທູ້ Lao: ຕີນ Lao: ມູນ Latin: solum Macedonian: основа Malay: asas Malay: bes Malayalam: അടിസ്ഥാനം Malayalam: ക്ഷാരം Māori: take Māori: taketake Māori: tatūnga Māori: pāpāhua Occitan: basa Occitan: fondament Arabic: منخفض Armenian: ստոր Armenian: ցածր Bulgarian: низък Bulgarian: подъл Bulgarian: неблагороден Catalan: baix Catalan: abjecte Catalan: vil Catalan: indigne Catalan: innoble Finnish: matala Finnish: lyhyt Finnish: epäjalo French: bas French: abject French: indigne French: ignoble Greek: ταπεινός Greek: αγενής Khmer: ទាប Latvian: zems Portuguese: baixo Spanish: bajo Tibetan: དམའ་པོ Tibetan: གཙོ་མ Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق Danish: uædel Irish: neamhlómhar Italian: basico Manx: neuchostal Swedish: oädel
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