26984 words

base

26 definitions • 28 examples
1
the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part of something:

Examples:

a crystal glass with a heavy base
At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.
base for This cream provides an excellent base for your make-up (= a good bottom layer on which other layers can be put).
2
the main place where a person lives and works, or a place that a company does business from:

Examples:

I spend a lot of time in Brussels, but London is still my base.
Nice is an excellent base for (= place to stay when) exploring the French Riviera.
3
a place where there are military buildings and weapons and where members of the armed forces live:

Examples:

an old naval base
4
one of the four positions on a square that a player must reach to score a point in the game of baseball
5
the activity or people from which someone or something gets most of their or its support, money, etc.:

Examples:

customer base We're aiming to expand our customer base.
6
the main part of something:

Examples:

a cocktail with a whisky base
7
the number on which a counting system is built:

Examples:

A binary number is a number written in base 2, using the two numbers 0 and 1.
8
a chemical that dissolves in water and combines with an acid to create a salt
9
not showing any honour and having no morals:

Examples:

I accused him of having base motives.
10
to have a particular town or area, etc. as the main place that you live and work in, or where you do business from:

Examples:

Where is your firm based?
He was based in (= he lived in or was at a military establishment in) Birmingham during the war.
11
the bottom of an object; the part on which it rests:

Examples:

This lamp has a heavy base so it won’t tip over.
12
A base angle is one of the two equal angles that include the bottom of an isosceles triangle.
13
the place from which a business operates or a person works:

Examples:

We have an office in San Diego, but Washington is still our base.
14
A base is also a place from which the military operates that provides weapons storage and housing:

Examples:

The military has bases all over the US.
15
one of four chemical substances that make up the part of DNA and RNA that controls the structure of genes
16
any of various chemical substances that have the opposite effect or chemical behavior as that of an acid
17
a number that is multiplied by itself:

Examples:

In 6³, 6 is the base and it is multiplied by 6 three times.
18
the main part of something, or the people or activities that form the main part of something:

Examples:

The sauce has an olive oil base.
Tourism remains the city’s economic base.
He’ll need a wide base of regional support to win the election.
19
a word or word part to which prefixes and endings may be added to make new words, as in "do," the base of "redo" and "doable"
20
(in the game of baseball) one of the four angles of a square, all of which a player must touch in order to score:

Examples:

He reached first base on a single.
21
to establish a place as the place from which a business operates or a person works:

Examples:

Where is your company based?
22
the place where a company does its main business from:

Examples:

The company, which has its base in California, plans to set up an office in Beijing.
23
all the resources or people that a company, etc. depends on in order to be successful:

Examples:

a company's economic/industrial/research base
Manchester United's fans make up 17% of its shareholder base.
24
a positive feature of a situation that makes it possible for something else to grow and develop:

Examples:

base (for sth) A cut to 10p per share would give a yield of 5.8% and a new base for dividend growth.
25
an amount of money or a number that is used to compare other amounts of money or numbers to, especially as a way of measuring whether prices or numbers have increased or decreased:

Examples:

The newspaper hopes to add several million dollars to its revenue base from the switchover.
26
to have a particular country, city, etc. as the main place that you do business from:

Examples:

They took the decision to base their headquarters in Germany.

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