Noun
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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
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a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
"a tub should sit on its own base"
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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"
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the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
"the industrial base of Japan"
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
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a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups
has cells in more than 50 countries
- al qaeda - qaeda - al qa'ida - al qaida -
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
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(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
"10 is the radix of the decimal system"
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the most important or necessary part of something
"the basis of this drink is orange juice"
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the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
"the base of the triangle"
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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"
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a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside
the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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a support or foundation
"the base of the lamp"
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the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
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a lower limit
"the government established a wage floor"
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(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
"the base of the skull"
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the bottom or lowest part
"the base of the mountain"
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a place that the runner must touch before scoring
"he scrambled to get back to the bag"
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lowest support of a structure
"it was built on a base of solid rock"
"he stood at the foot of the tower"
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installation from which a military force initiates operations
"the attack wiped out our forward bases"
- base of operations
Verb
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use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
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situate as a center of operations
"we will base this project in the new lab"
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use as a basis for
found on
"base a claim on some observation"
Adjective
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debased
not genuine
"an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
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illegitimate
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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"
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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"
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(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
"base coins of aluminum"
"a base metal"
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"
"of humble (or lowly) birth"
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serving as or forming a base
"the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"