base
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Etymology 1
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From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Noun
base (plural bases)
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess[1]:
- Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
- Important areas in games and sports.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
- (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (music) Dated form of bass.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (archaic) The housing of a horse.
- (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
- (obsolete) An apron.
- (Can we date this quote by Marston and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- bakers in their linen bases
- (Can we date this quote by Marston and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Lyman to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid): alkali
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- basal
- base bag
- base box
- base camp
- base censor
- base coat
- base color
- base colour
- base course
- base exchange
- base hospital
- base load
- base molding
- base moulding
- base out
- base over apex
- base point
- base port
- base radio
- base rate
- base ring
- base runner
- base ship
- base shoot
- base squadron
- base station
- base substitution
- base table
- base unit
- base wallah
- base year
- basilar
- cover one's bases
- make first base
- off base
- on base
- prisoner's
- prisoners' base
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Verb
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- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- 2005, John T. Warren, Laura B. Lengel, Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Context, →ISBN, page 73:
- Apart from time taken out during radio- and chemotherapy, Maurs continued to participate in POW. She would base a flyer in a double balance and make the audience laugh with her clowning antics for two more shows.
- 2005, John T. Warren, Laura B. Lengel, Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Context, →ISBN, page 73:
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Etymology 2
From Middle English base, bas, from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus (“low”). Cognate with Spanish bajo, Italian basso and base.
Adjective
base (comparative baser or more base, superlative basest or most base)
- (obsolete) Low in height; short.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, line 664:
- The cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot.
- Low in place or position.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act 2, scene 4, lines 19–20:
- I see thy glory like a shooting star / Fall to the base earth from the firmament.
- (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
- Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays
- If thou livest in paine and sorrow, thy base courage is the cause of it, To die there wanteth but will.
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- (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- a pleasant and base swain
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- 1551, Ralph Robynson (translator}, More's Utopia
- a cruel act of a base and a cowardish mind
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- base ingratitude
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace[2]:
- “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”
- 1551, Ralph Robynson (translator}, More's Utopia
- (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
- Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- base coin
- base bullion
- (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
- c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, scene 2, line 6:
- Why bastard? Wherefore base?
- Not classical or correct.
- base Latin
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
- Obsolete form of bass.
- the base tone of a violin
- (law) Not held by honourable service.
- 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.
Usage notes
- Said of fellows, motives, occupations, etc.
Synonyms
- (low, short): little, petite, short
- (of position): low-lying, lowland
- (of value): See Thesaurus:insignificant
- (vulgar, common): common, low-born, lowly, plebeian, vulgar
- (immoral): See Thesaurus:despicable or Thesaurus:evil
- (of inferior quality): See Thesaurus:low-quality
- (describing metals):
- (of illegitimate birth): See Thesaurus:illegitimate
- (not classical):
- (not held by honourable service):
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Etymology 3
Probably a specific use of Etymology 1, above; perhaps also a development of the plural of bar.
Noun
base (uncountable)
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars. [from 15th c.]
- (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- to run the country base
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
- So ran they all, as they had bene at bace, / They being chased that did others chase.
- (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Etymology 4
Variant forms.
Noun
base
- Alternative form of BASE
Derived terms
Further reading
- base on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Template:Wikisource1911Enc Citation
- “base”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “base”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Noun
base f (plural bases)
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Pronunciation
Noun
base f (plural bases)
Related terms
Further reading
- “base” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
base f
Declension
Danish
Noun
base c (singular definite basen, plural indefinite baser)
- (chemistry) base (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry base)
- (military) base
- headquarters
Declension
Synonyms
- (headquarters): hovedkvarter
Dutch
Alternative forms
- basis (obsolete in this sense)
Etymology
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Borrowed from French base, from Latin basis.
Pronunciation
Noun
base f (plural basen, diminutive basetje n)
Synonyms
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References
- “base” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
Etymology
From Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baz/, /bɑz/
- (France) IPA(key): [baz]
- (Quebec, formal) IPA(key): [bɑːz]
- (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [bɑʊ̯z]
Noun
base f (plural bases)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “base”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Noun
base f (plural bases)
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Noun
base f (plural basi)
Antonyms
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Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) base
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
base (plural bases)
- A foundation or base; the bottom of a building.
- The foundation, base, or bottom of a column, statue, or vase.
- (rare) Padding inserted below a horse's bridle.
- (rare) A hand's palm; the section of a hand below the fingers.
- (rare) The bottom portion of a dress.
- (rare, alchemy) The mix of metals used as a base for alchemical operations.
Descendants
References
- “bās(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Etymology 2
From Old French bas.
Adjective
base
- Alternative form of bas
Etymology 3
From Old English bærs.
Noun
base
- Alternative form of bace
Northern Sami
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Verb
base
- inflection of bassit:
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English base, and French base (“in chemistry”)
Noun
base m (definite singular basen, indefinite plural baser, definite plural basene)
Derived terms
References
- “base” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English base, and French base (“in chemistry”)
Noun
base m (definite singular basen, indefinite plural basar, definite plural basane)
Derived terms
References
- “base” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Noun
base oblique singular, f (oblique plural bases, nominative singular base, nominative plural bases)
- base (bottom part; supporting part)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (base, supplement)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Pronunciation
Noun
base f (plural bases)
Antonyms
- (chemistry): acid
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).
Pronunciation
Noun
base f (plural bases)
Derived terms
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Verb
base
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of basar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of basar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of basar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of basar.
Venetian
Adjective
base f
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