English dictionary
base
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- debased; not genuine
adjective
- illegitimate
adjective
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
adjective
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
adjective
- serving as or forming a base
adjective
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
adjective
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
noun
- a support or foundation
noun
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
noun
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
noun
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
noun
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
noun
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
noun
- lowest support of a structure
noun
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
noun
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
noun
- a lower limit
noun
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
noun
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
noun
- the bottom or lowest part
noun
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
noun
- the most important or necessary part of something
noun
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
noun
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
noun
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
verb
- use as a basis for; found on
verb
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
verb
- situate as a center of operations
Example sentences
an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
{'source': 'Edmund Burke', 'text': 'that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble'}
taking a mean advantage
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"}
something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics
baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
base and unpatriotic motives
a base, degrading way of life
cheating is dishonorable
they considered colonialism immoral
unethical practices in handling public funds
base coins of aluminum
a base metal
the base of the lamp
he scrambled to get back to the bag
the attack wiped out our forward bases
a tub should sit on its own base
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
it was built on a base of solid rock
he stood at the foot of the tower
the industrial base of Japan
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
thematic vowels are part of the stem
the government established a wage floor
the base of the skull
the base of the mountain
10 is the radix of the decimal system
the basis of this drink is orange juice
the base of the triangle
bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
base a claim on some observation
we will base this project in the new lab