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base [1] ► NOUN 1) the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests. 2) a foundation, support, or starting point: the town's economic base collapsed. 3) the main place where a person works or stays. 4) a centre of operations: a military base. 5) a main element or ingredient to which others are added. 6) Chemistry a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. 7) the root or stem of a word. 8) Mathematics a number used as the basis of a numeration scale. 9) Baseball each of the four stations that must be reached in turn to score a run.

► VERB 1) use something as the foundation for. 2) situate at a centre of operations.

● get to first base — Cf. ↑get to first base

● touch base — Cf. ↑touch base

DERIVATIVES based adjective.

ORIGIN Greek basis 'base, pedestal' .

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base [2] ► ADJECTIVE 1) without moral principles; ignoble. 2) archaic of low social class. 3) (of coins) not made of precious metal.

DERIVATIVES baseness noun.

ORIGIN Latin bassus 'short' .

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Synonyms:

Inferior, of little or no worth, cheap, worthless, Basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part, bottom, foot / Debased, spurious, counterfeit, false, Base-line / Plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, lowly, humble, unknown, unhonored, base-born, of low birth, Principal element (of a compound), Found, rest, establish. Followed by on or upon.] (Followed by on or upon.) / Mean, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, sordid, servile, slavish, menial, sorry, worthless, pitiful, low-minded, rascally, abject, grovelling, low, venal / Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, dishonorable, scandalous, infamous, vile, villanous

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Base D'or — En mathématiques, le nombre d or, à savoir peut être utilisé comme une base de numération. Ce système est connu sous le nom base d or, ou accessoirement, phinaire (car le symbole pour le nombre d or est la lettre grecque « phi »). Tout… … Wikipédia en Français
Base — (b[=a]s), a. [OE. bass, F. bas, low, fr. LL. bassus thick, fat, short, humble; cf. L. Bassus, a proper name, and W. bas shallow. Cf. {Bass} a part in music.] 1. Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs. [Archaic]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Base — or BASE may refer to:A base is a mixture of urine n waste so do not eat it* Base meaning bottom, the lowest part of an object* can mean negative, unfavorable or undesirable in nature. Bad; vile; malicious; evil.In mathematics: *Base (mathematics) … Wikipedia
Base — Base, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ba sis a stepping, step, a base, pedestal, fr. bai nein to go, step, akin to E. come. Cf. {Basis}, and see {Come}.] 1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Base — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término base tiene los siguientes significados: En matemáticas: en aritmética, base de un sistema de numeración es el número de objetos que forman una unidad de orden superior; en geometría, base de una figura… … Wikipedia Español
Base 36 — is a positional numeral system using 36 as the radix. The choice of 36 is convenient in that the digits can be represented using the Arabic numerals 0 9 and the Latin letters A Z. Base 36 is therefore the most compact case insensitive… … Wikipedia
Base 13 — Base 13, tridecimal, or tredecimal is a positional numeral system with thirteen as its base. It uses 13 different digits for representing numbers. Suitable digits for base 13 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, E, and T (similar to base 12) … Wikipedia
Base — bezeichnet: Basen (Chemie), eine Verbindung, die den pH Wert einer Lösung erhöht Nukleinbase, ein Baustein von DNA und RNA Base (Tabletop), die Basis von Modellen ein Frontend für Tabellen und Datenbanken, siehe OpenOffice.org Base die Ecke des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
BASE — steht für: Basen (Chemie), eine Verbindung, die den pH Wert einer Lösung erhöht Nukleinbase, ein Baustein von DNA und RNA Base (Tabletop), die Basis von Modellen ein Frontend für Tabellen und Datenbanken, siehe OpenOffice.org Base Ecke des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
BASE — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos de este término, véase base. BASE (del acrónimo inglés Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) es un motor de búsqueda multidisciplinario, que es usado generalmente para encontrar textos en recursos… … Wikipedia Español
Base 30 — or trigesimal is a positional numeral system using 30 as the radix. Digits in this base can be represented using the Arabic numerals 0 9 and the Latin letters A T.From a mathematical viewpoint, 30 is a convenient choice for a base in that it is… … Wikipedia

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