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1. Use as a basis for; found on
   "base a claim on some observation"
   - establish, ground, found
    
2. Situate as a centre of operations
   "we will base this project in the new lab"
    
3. Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
   - free-base

1. Serving as or forming a base
   "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
   - basal
    
2. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
   "base coins of aluminium"; "a base metal"
    
3. Not adhering to ethical or moral principles
   "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"
   - immoral
    
4. Having or showing an ignoble lack of honour or morality
   "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"
   - mean, meanspirited
    
5. Debased; not genuine
   "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
    
6. [archaic] Of low birth or station
   - baseborn, humble, lowly
    
7. [archaic] Illegitimate
   - baseborn [archaic]

1. Installation from which a military force initiates operations
   "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
   - base of operations
    
2. Lowest support of a structure
   "it was built on a base of solid rock"
   - foundation, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
    
3. A place that the runner must touch before scoring
   - bag
    
4. The bottom or lowest part
   "the base of the mountain"
    
5. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
   "the base of the skull"
    
6. A lower limit
   - floor
    
7. The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
   - basis, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
    
8. A support or foundation
   "the base of the lamp"
   - pedestal, stand
    
9. A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
   - nucleotide
    
10. 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"
    - alkali
     
11. The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
    "the base of the triangle"
     
12. The most important or necessary part of something
    - basis
     
13. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
    - radix
     
14. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
    - home
     
15. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    - root, root word, stem, theme, radical
     
16. The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
    "the industrial base of Japan"
    - infrastructure
     
17. 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"
     
18. A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
    "a tub should sit on its own base"
     
19. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

1. 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

Sounds like: bass

Derived forms: basing, basest, bases, baser, based

See also: basal, basely, baseness, basic, basify, basilar, counterfeit, ignoble, illegitimate, imitative, inferior, lowborn, wrong

Type of: assumption, baseball equipment, bottom, chemical compound, component, component part, compound, constituent, control, descriptor, do drugs, drug, electrode, ester, flank, foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, form, FTO, fund, ingredient, locate, location, military installation, number, part, piece, portion, signifier, situate, stock, store, support, supposal, supposition, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization, underside, undersurface, word form

Part of: baseball diamond, box, construction, diamond, electronic transistor, explanation, infield, junction transistor, lamp, structure, transistor, vessel

Encyclopedia: Base