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Meaning of "base" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BASE

From Old French, from Latin basis pedestal.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BASE

base  [beɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Base is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb base in English.

WHAT DOES BASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of base in the English dictionary

The first definition of base in the dictionary is the bottom or supporting part of anything. Other definition of base is the fundamental or underlying principle or part, as of an idea, system, or organization; basis. Base is also a centre of operations, organization, or supply.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BASE

PRESENT

Present
I base
you base
he/she/it bases
we base
you base
they base
Present continuous
I am basing
you are basing
he/she/it is basing
we are basing
you are basing
they are basing
Present perfect
I have based
you have based
he/she/it has based
we have based
you have based
they have based
Present perfect continuous
I have been basing
you have been basing
he/she/it has been basing
we have been basing
you have been basing
they have been basing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I based
you based
he/she/it based
we based
you based
they based
Past continuous
I was basing
you were basing
he/she/it was basing
we were basing
you were basing
they were basing
Past perfect
I had based
you had based
he/she/it had based
we had based
you had based
they had based
Past perfect continuous
I had been basing
you had been basing
he/she/it had been basing
we had been basing
you had been basing
they had been basing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will base
you will base
he/she/it will base
we will base
you will base
they will base
Future continuous
I will be basing
you will be basing
he/she/it will be basing
we will be basing
you will be basing
they will be basing
Future perfect
I will have based
you will have based
he/she/it will have based
we will have based
you will have based
they will have based
Future perfect continuous
I will have been basing
you will have been basing
he/she/it will have been basing
we will have been basing
you will have been basing
they will have been basing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would base
you would base
he/she/it would base
we would base
you would base
they would base
Conditional continuous
I would be basing
you would be basing
he/she/it would be basing
we would be basing
you would be basing
they would be basing
Conditional perfect
I would have base
you would have base
he/she/it would have base
we would have base
you would have base
they would have base
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been basing
you would have been basing
he/she/it would have been basing
we would have been basing
you would have been basing
they would have been basing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you base
we let´s base
you base
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to base
Past participle
based
Present Participle
basing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASE


ace
eɪs
bass
beɪs
case
keɪs
case-by-case
ˈkeɪsbaɪkeɪs
chase
tʃeɪs
database
ˈdeɪtəˌbeɪs
enlace
ɪnˈleɪs
face
feɪs
fireplace
ˈfaɪəˌpleɪs
grace
ɡreɪs
interface
ˈɪntəˌfeɪs
lace
leɪs
marketplace
ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs
MySpace
ˈmaɪˌspeɪs
place
pleɪs
race
reɪs
replace
rɪˈpleɪs
res
reɪs
showcase
ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs
space
speɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASE

bascule bridge
base camp
base clause
base coat
base component
base form
base head
base hospital
base jumping
base lending rate
base level
base line
base load
base metal
base pairing
base period
base rate
base rate fallacy
base speed
base station

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASE

decrease
disease
ease
grease
in any case
in case
in no case
increase
lease
on the increase
pase
phase
phrase
please
press release
purchase
release
striptease
tease
worst case

Synonyms and antonyms of base in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BASE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «base» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of base

Translation of «base» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASE

Find out the translation of base to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of base from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «base» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

基础
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

base
570 millions of speakers

English

base
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَاعِدَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

основа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

base
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিত্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

base
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Basis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

土台
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடித்தளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

base
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podstawa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

основа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bază
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βάση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

basis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

basis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of base

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASE»

The term «base» is very widely used and occupies the 1.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «base» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «base» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about base

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10 QUOTES WITH «BASE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word base.
1
Keren Ann
I'm very attached to Paris because I have a base there and am also recording there, but New York is home to me when I'm in the U.S., because it's nice to have a bed to go back to.
2
Ibrahim Babangida
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
3
Jim Barksdale
We also provide a lot of services with our consulting group that allow people to take maximum advantage of the Net economy. Those all seem to resonate with customers and are providing a good strong base going forward.
4
John Battelle
Facebook's data trove is enviable, and its moves into nearly every aspect of our lives - from payment to media, will create even more of it. The company also has created a huge base of developers for its platform, but the ecosystem is incomplete compared to vertically integrated OSes like iOS, Mac or Windows.
5
Greg Behrendt
I don't have a massive fan base. I don't have Patton Oswalt numbers, but the fan base I have is incredibly generous, and of the 22,000 people who follow me on Twitter, I think almost all of those people participate.
6
Manu Bennett
The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.
7
Jeff Bezos
If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
8
Sean Biggerstaff
It's good to have a foothold in reality, a base somewhere that's always been a base. Sharman Macdonald once said she needs life to write; she can't write if she's just in theatre all the time. I'm the same way, I think. I've always felt that if my life was all about the job, I wouldn't be so good at the job.
9
Tammy Bruce
Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the principles that garnered her the unique support she enjoyed continue to inform and drive the base that lifted her.
10
S. Truett Cathy
You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASE»

Discover the use of base in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to base and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Atlas of Skull Base Surgery and Neurotology
Praise for this book: "Written by...one of the world experts in skull base surgery...Without a shadow of a doubt, this is a truly remarkable book...it is essential.
‎2008
2
Stewart's Textbook of Acid-Base
Rev. ed of: How to understand acid-base. c1981.
John A. Kellum, Paul Wg Elbers, 2009
3
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, ...
New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for the Base Programming for SAS 9 exam will find the "SAS Certification Prep Guide" to be an invaluable, convenient, and comprehensive resource that covers all of the objectives tested on ...
SAS Institute, 2011
4
All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of ...
Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon.
Harold Goldberg, 2011
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Microsurgery of the Skull Base
All of the cases used in the book reflect actual procedures, not hypothetical situations. All neurosurgeons and otolaryngologists involved in skull base surgery will benefit from having this classic text in their professional library.
Ugo Fisch, Douglas Ernest Mattox, 1988
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Handbook of Acid-Base Indicators
The Handbook of Acid-Base Indicators contains practical information for widespread applications that include semiconductors, displays, nanotechnology, OLEDs, fuel cells, sensors, security, surface coatings, adhesives, insecticides, ...
R. W. Sabnis, 2007
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Lateral Skull Base Surgery: The House Clinic Atlas
This atlas covers topics ranging from auditory brainstem implants to vestibular schwannoma, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of surgical procedures and techniques used to treat a variety of skull base diseases.Special ...
Rick A. Friedman, William H. Slattery, 2012
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Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Physiology: A Problem-Based ...
The revised and updated fourth edition of Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Physiology continues to offer expert advice on the bedside management of acid-base and electrolyte disorders.
Mitchell L. Halperin, Marc B. Goldstein, Kamel S. Kamel, 2010
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Acid-Base Interactions: Relevance to Adhesion Science and ...
This book chronicles the proceedings of the Symposium on Acid-Base Interactions: Relevance to Adhesion Science and Technology held on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Professor Frederick M. Fowkes as a part of the 64th Colloid and ...
Kashmiri Lal Mittal, Herbert R. Anderson, 1991
10
The Empirical Base of Linguistics: Grammaticality Judgments ...
Carson T. Schutze presents here a detailed critical overview of the vast literature on the nature of utility of grammaticality judgments and other linguistic intuitions, and the ways they have been used in linguistic research.
Carson T. Schutze, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term base is used in the context of the following news items.
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David Ortiz makes Red Sox history at first base by not recording putout
David Ortiz is typically the Red Sox's designated hitter, but on Sunday he started at first base. You might not have known it if you watched the ... «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
2
Duncan Cotterill Plaza achieves BASE rating
Christchurch's Duncan Cotterill Plaza is the first building in the city to achieve a rating under BASE (Building a Sustainable Environment) – the ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Starting at third base, Josh Donaldson
Home · Sports · Baseball. Starting at third base, Josh Donaldson. |. Bookmark and Share. 1 hour ago | Vote 0 0. Starting at third base, Josh Donaldson ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
4
Todd Frazier voted All-Star starter at third base
It's one of the great comeback wins in Reds history. Todd Frazier, down by 2 1/2 million votes two weeks ago, was voted onto the National ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
5
Starling Marte's base running has declined
At the plate, Starling Marte has continued his roll in 2015; after reaching base, he hasn't excelled as much as he did in years past. What's ... «Beyond the Box Score, Jul 15»
6
LME base metals fall
COPPER has hit a five-month low as Greece edges closer to leaving the eurozone and top copper consumer China rolls out emergency ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
7
Yankees can't wait any longer to attempt to fix second base situation
The Yankees have fielded such a strong offense despite having a total black hole at second base. The team's second basemen are hitting a ... «River Avenue Blues, Jul 15»
8
Everest climber to take hikers to base camp for good cause
Robert Kay, owner of Star City Motor Sports, plans to take as many as six fellow hikers to the base camp of Mount Everest in October. Kay, 53 ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
9
NEEMO 20 to build knowledge base on delayed deep space …
The crews live and work from 63 feet below the Atlantic Ocean's surface on the Aquarius Reef Base undersea research habitat – located off the ... «NASASpaceflight.com, Jul 15»
10
Midterm report: Tigers' lineup gets runners on base, but struggles to …
The Detroit Tigers get on base more often than any other team, but don't maximize their opportunities. Here is a look at the numbers half way ... «Bless You Boys, Jul 15»

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