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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 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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