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base definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb base 2 of 3 senses of base Sense 1 establish, base, ground, found => build Sense 3 station, post base, send place => garrison => fort => locate, place site Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb base 2 of 3 senses of base Sense 1 establish, base, ground, found => build Sense 3 station, post base, send place => garrison => fort => locate, place site Entailment of verb base Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb base 3 senses of base Sense 1 establish, base, ground, found Sense 2 free-base, base => drug, do drugs Sense 3 station, post base, send place => move displace Familiarity of verb base base used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb base Sense 1 establish, base, ground, found -------------- Sense 2 free-base, base => drug, do drugs -------------- Sense 3 station, post base, send place => move displace -------------- Grep of noun base acid-base balance acid-base equilibrium acid-base indicator air base army base base base hit base of operations base on balls base runner baseball baseball bat baseball cap baseball card baseball clinic baseball club baseball coach baseball diamond baseball equipment baseball game baseball glove baseball league baseball manager baseball mitt baseball play baseball player baseball score baseball season baseball swing baseball team baseboard basel baseline basement baseness basenji computer database copper-base alloy database electronic database firebase first base knowledge base lexical database navy base nickel-base alloy object-oriented database on-line database prisoner's base relational database rocket base rubber-base paint second base subbase subdata base surbase tax base third base three-base hit two-base hit water-base paint wheelbase Overview of noun base The noun base has 17 senses (first 10 from tagged texts) 1. (11) base, alkali -- (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia") 2. (4) base, base of operations -- (installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases") 3. (3) foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure -- (lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower") 4. (3) base, bag -- (place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag") 5. (2) base, radix -- ((in a digital numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place "10 is the radix of the decimal system") 6. (2) base -- (the bottom or lowest part "the base of the mountain") 7. (2) base -- ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment: "the base of the skull") 8. (2) floor, base -- (a lower limit: "the government established a wage floor") 9. (2) basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone -- (the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture") 10. (2) base, pedestal, stand -- (a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp") 11. base -- (the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle") 12. base, home -- (the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end) 13. 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") 14. infrastructure, base -- (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan") 15. 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") 16. base -- (a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit "a tub should sit on its own base") 17. base -- ((electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector) Overview of verb base The verb base has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (75) establish, base, ground, found -- (use as a basis for found on "base a claim on some observation") 2. free-base, base -- (use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes) 3. station, post base, send place -- (assign to a station) Overview of adj base The adj base has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (7) basal, base -- (serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats") 2. (1) base -- ((used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal") 3. (1) base, baseborn, humble, lowly -- (of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth") 4. base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical -- (not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds") 5. base, mean meanspirited -- (having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics") 6. base, baseborn -- ((archaic) illegitimate) 7. base -- (debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage") Antonyms of adj base 7 senses of base Sense 1 basal, base INDIRECT (VIA basic) -> incidental, incident Sense 2 base INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior Sense 3 base, baseborn, humble, lowly INDIRECT (VIA lowborn) -> noble Sense 4 base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical INDIRECT (VIA wrong) -> right Sense 5 base, mean meanspirited INDIRECT (VIA ignoble) -> noble Sense 6 base, baseborn INDIRECT (VIA illegitimate) -> legitimate Sense 7 base INDIRECT (VIA counterfeit) -> genuine, echt Similarity of adj base 7 senses of base Sense 1 basal, base => basic (vs. incidental) Sense 2 base => inferior (vs. superior) Sense 3 base, baseborn, humble, lowly => lowborn (vs. noble) Sense 4 base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical => wrong (vs. right) Sense 5 base, mean meanspirited => ignoble (vs. noble) Sense 6 base, baseborn => illegitimate (vs. legitimate) Sense 7 base => counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative Attributes of adj base Familiarity of adj base base used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 7) Grep of adj base base base-forming baseborn based based on baseless off-base Overview of noun base The noun base has 17 senses (first 10 from tagged texts) 1. (11) base, alkali -- (any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia") 2. (4) base, base of operations -- (installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases") 3. (3) foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure -- (lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower") 4. (3) base, bag -- (place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag") 5. (2) base, radix -- ((in a digital numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place "10 is the radix of the decimal system") 6. (2) base -- (the bottom or lowest part "the base of the mountain") 7. (2) base -- ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment: "the base of the skull") 8. (2) floor, base -- (a lower limit: "the government established a wage floor") 9. (2) basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone -- (the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture") 10. (2) base, pedestal, stand -- (a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp") 11. base -- (the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle") 12. base, home -- (the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end) 13. 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") 14. infrastructure, base -- (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan") 15. 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") 16. base -- (a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit "a tub should sit on its own base") 17. base -- ((electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector) Overview of verb base The verb base has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (75) establish, base, ground, found -- (use as a basis for found on "base a claim on some observation") 2. free-base, base -- (use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes) 3. station, post base, send place -- (assign to a station) Overview of adj base The adj base has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (7) basal, base -- (serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats") 2. (1) base -- ((used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal") 3. (1) base, baseborn, humble, lowly -- (of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth") 4. base, dishonorable, dishonourable, immoral, unethical -- (not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds") 5. base, mean meanspirited -- (having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics") 6. base, baseborn -- ((archaic) illegitimate) 7. base -- (debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage")
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