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bases

/ˈbeɪsiːz//ˈbeɪsɪz/

bases is the plural of base.

bases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of base.

bases is the plural of basis.

Meaning of base

Noun

base (countable and uncountable, plural bases)

  1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
    1. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
      • 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...1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 178
  2. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
  3. A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
  4. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
    Synonyms:
    seat
  5. (painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.

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Meaning of basis

Noun

basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)

  1. A physical base or foundation.
    • Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
      Mountain on mountain thrown,
      With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271
  2. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
    • I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    Synonyms:
    base
  3. An underlying condition or circumstance.
    • Allow us to compete on an equal basis.
  4. A regular frequency.
    • You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.
  5. The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
    • Included in the basis could be elevation, cleaning, freight by truck and/or rail, government inspection fees, administration fees, interest and storage charges as well as allowance for risk and profit for the grain dealer.
  6. In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.

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Proper noun capitalized: Bases

Bases

  1. (plural) plural of Bas

Forms of bases

alternative formbaseis

Origin of bases

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Borrowed from Latin basēs pl. See basis.

Phrases with bases

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Words that rhyme with bases

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Questions about bases

What is bases the plural of?
Bases is the plural of base.
What part of speech is bases?
Bases is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bases?
Bases is pronounced /ˈbeɪsɪz/ (US).

Words near bases in the dictionary

  1. baser
  2. baserock
  3. baserunner
  4. baserunners
  5. baserunning
  6. bases
  7. bases juiced
  8. bases loaded
  9. bases off
  10. bases off of
  11. bases on

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