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base

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 \\ˈbās\\ noun 
(plural bas·es  \\ˈbā-səz\\)1.
  a.
    (1) the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature
    (2) the lower part of a complete architectural design
  b. the bottom of something considered as its support : 

foundation

  c.
    (1) a side or face of a geometrical figure from which an altitude can be constructed; especially : one on which the figure stands
    (2) the length of a base
  d. that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism
2.
  a. a main ingredient
      paint having a latex base
  b. a supporting or carrying ingredient (as of a medicine)
3.
  a. the fundamental part of something : 

groundwork

, 

basis

  b. the economic factors on which in Marxist theory all legal, social, and political relations are formed
4. the lower part of a heraldic field
5.
  a. the starting point or line for an action or undertaking
  b. a baseline in surveying
  c. a center or area of operations: as
    (1) the place from which a military force draws supplies
    (2) a place where military operations begin
    (3) a permanent military installation
  d.
    (1) a number (as 5 in 5^6.44 or 5⁷) that is raised to a power; especially : the number that when raised to a power equal to the logarithm of a number yields the number itself
       the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2 since 10² = 100
    (2) a number equal to the number of units in a given digit's place that for a given system of writing numbers is required to give the numeral 1 in the next higher place
       the decimal system uses a base of 10
    also : such a system of writing numbers using an indicated base
       convert from base 10 to base 2
    (3) a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated
       to find the interest on $90 at 10 percent multiply the base 90 by .10
  e. 

root

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6.
  a. the starting place or goal in various games
  b. any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball infield
  c. a point to be considered
      his opening remarks touched every base
7.
  a. any of various typically water-soluble and bitter tasting compounds that in solution have a pH greater than 7, are capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt, and are molecules or ions able to take up a proton from an acid or able to give up an unshared pair of electrons to an acid
  b. any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil
8. a price level at which a security previously declining in price resists further decline
9. the part of a transformational grammar that consists of rules and a lexicon and generates the deep structures of a language
• based  \\ˈbāst\\ adjective
• base·less  \\ˈbā-sləs\\ adjective
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[base of a column: 1 upper torus, 2 scotia, 3 lower torus, 4 plinth, 5 shaft, 6 fillets]

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transitive verb 
(based ; bas·ing)1. to make, form, or serve as a base for
2. to find a base or basis for — usually used with on or upon

III

adjective1. archaic : of little height
2. obsolete : low in place or position
3. obsolete : 
4. archaic : 
5.
  a. resembling a villein : 

servile

      a base tenant
  b. held by villenage
      base tenure
6.
  a. being of comparatively low value and having relatively inferior properties (as lack of resistance to corrosion)
      a base metal such as iron
  — compare 
  b. containing a larger than usual proportion of base metals
      base silver denarii
7.
  a. lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit : 

ignoble

  b. lacking higher values : degrading
      a drab base way of life
• base·ly adverb
• base·ness noun
Synonyms.
  , ,  mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values.  stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness
      base motives
   may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety
      refused to listen to such low talk
  , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth
      a vile remark

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base
I. \ˈbās\ noun
(plural bas·es \ˈbāsə̇z\)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin basis, from Greek, step, stepping, base, pedestal, from bainein to go, step — more at 
1. 
 a. : the bottom of something considered as its support : that on which something rests or stands : 
  < the base of the lamp >
  < the base of the pyramid >
  < the base of the mountain >
 b. 
  (1) : the lower part of a wall, pier, or column considered as a separate architectural feature
  (2) : the lower part of a complete architectural design (as of a monument)
 c. : one of the lines or surfaces of a geometrical figure from which an altitude is or is thought to be constructed
  < the base of a triangle >
 d. : that part of a bodily organ by which it is attached to another more central structure of the organism
  < the base of the thumb >
 e. 
  (1) : the part on, to, or in which the frame and operating parts of a mechanism are fastened
  (2) : the part (as a panelboard) upon which other parts (as buses, switches, terminal and contact parts) are mounted
  (3) : the insulated part of a lamp bulb or electron tube through which its intervals make electrical connection with the circuit associated with it
 f. :  I 4g
2. : the main ingredient
 < an exotic drink with a rum base >
as
 a. 
  (1) : an essential ingredient of an explosive — compare , 
  (2) : the predominating substance held in solution in a crude petroleum or left as a residue on refining
   < mixed-base crudes >
   — see , , 
 b. 
  (1) : an inert supporting or carrying ingredient : an absorbent or adsorbent (as kieselguhr in dynamite) :  9 — compare  3a
  (2) : an active supporting ingredient (as wood pulp mixed with an oxidizing agent in dynamite)
 c. 
  (1) : the usually inactive ingredient of a preparation serving as the vehicle for the active medicinal principle
   < the fatty base of an ointment >
  (2) : the chief active ingredient of a preparation — called also basis
 d. 
  (1) : a transparent support for photographic film
  (2) : the paper support used for photographic paper
3. 
 a. : the fundamental part of something : basic principle : , , , 
  < tried to furnish criticism with a psychological base — C.I.Glicksberg >
  < rejuvenating the moral base of a society — Herbert Agar >
 b. 
  (1) : the fundamental unit or pattern of a rhythm or one of its component parts or the norm of this unit
  (2) : the nuclear pattern in a complex rhythmic figure or system
  (3) :  5
4. bases plural, archaic : a skirt often of velvet or brocade and sometimes of mailed armor that reaches from the waist to the knees
5. : the lower or back part of something without reference to its function as a support: as
 a. : the lower part of an heraldic field — usually used in the phrase in base; compare  1
 b. : the lowest part of the hilt of a saber
 c. : the pavilion of a cut gem
 d. : the underside of a cloud
  < fly below the cloud base >
6. 
 a. : the point or line from which a start is made in an action or undertaking
  < plans to make this city his base of operation for six to eight weeks — J.A.Loftus >
 b. : a line in a survey which when accurately determined in length and position serves as the origin for computing the distances and relative positions of remote points and objects by triangulation
 c. 
  (1) : the locality or the installations on which a military force relies for supplies or from which it initiates operations
   < a large naval base >
   < an advanced base >
  (2) : the element on which a military movement or formation is regulated
 d. : a number (as 5 in 5^6.44 or 5⁷) that is raised to a power; especially : the number that when raised to a power equal to the logarithm of a number yields the number itself
  < the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2 since 10²=100 >
 e. : a number equal to the number of units in a given digit's place that for a given system of writing numbers is required to give the numeral 1 in the next higher place
  < the decimal system uses a base of 10 >
 also : such a system of writing numbers using an indicated base
  < convert from base 10 to base 2 >
 f. 
  (1) historical and comparative linguistics : , , ; especially : one reconstructed from words or from the relationships among words in several languages (as assumed Indo-European bher- “to carry” reconstructed from Greek pherein, Latin ferre, Old English beran, and their cognates)
  (2) descriptive linguistics : the word or morpheme, which may be a bound form but not an affix, selected as a convenient point of departure in the analysis of complex words or derivatives (as play used in the analysis of played and playful, sing used in the analysis of sings, sang, sung, and song, or acet- used in the analysis of acetal and acetate)
 g. : the basal pinacoid of a crystal
 h. : the quantity equaling 100 from which variations in an index number are measured
  < the 1946-49 profit base >
7. 
 a. : the starting place or goal in various games
 b. obsolete : 
 c. : any one of the four stations at the corners of a baseball infield
  < was thrown out at first base >
8. 
 a. : a compound (as lime, ammonia, a caustic alkali, or an alkaloid) capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt either with or without the elimination of water, its aqueous solutions if it is water-soluble having an acrid brackish taste and turning litmus blue : a compound (MOH) containing the hydroxide ion (OH^-) or hydroxyl group (OH) that is capable of yielding in aqueous solution a hydroxyl ion together with the cation (M⁺), the degree of ionization in dilute solutions of strong bases (as sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, and choline) being virtually complete and that of weak bases (as ammonium hydroxide and many organic bases) being in the neighborhood of one percent or less
 b. according to the Brønsted-Lowry system : a molecule (as ammonia) or ion (as hydroxyl or nitrate) that can take up a proton from an acid : a proton acceptor
  < the chloride ion is the conjugate base of hydrogen chloride >
 c. according to the G.N.Lewis system : a compound (as ammonia, ether, or benzene) or a negative ion (as hydroxyl) capable of giving up to an acid an unshared pair of electrons which then form a covalent chemical bond — called also Lewis base
9. : the least number of natural cards that will form a canasta when a required number of natural or wild cards is added
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 [base of a column: 1 upper torus, 2 scotia, 3 lower torus, 4 plinth, 5 shaft, 6 fillets]
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. 
 a. : to make or form a foundation for
  < great roots based the tree columns — George Macdonald >
 b. : to serve as a base for
  < these carriers can base 100 planes >
 c. : to establish or maintain a base for
  < would be necessary to base them at specially designated … strategic points — Vera M. Dean >
2. : to use as a base or basis for : ,  — used with on or upon
 < bases his position on a wide and shrewd scrutiny of man — A.L.Locke >
 < basing her life-sized portrait … on contemporary evidence — Harry Levin >
intransitive verb
1. : to become based — used with on or upon
 < the value of diamonds bases on the gem value — G.S.Brady >
2. : to establish or maintain one's base
 < would fly on to Luzon after the attack and base there overnight — Fletcher Pratt >
Synonyms: 
 , , , , , and  can mean, in common, to provide with or serve as a basis.  now usually applies to what underlies a belief, a system of thought, a judgment, a hope, and so on
  < a conviction not based on any ascertainable fact >
  < a tax based on prospective earnings >
  < a religion based on faith as much as principle >
   is very close to  but usually adds the idea of something consciously advanced as support (of an opinion, a judgment, and so on)
  < an opinion founded on a careful written analysis of facts >
  < this criticism is founded in misconception — B.N.Cardozo >
  < the terrible old mythic story on which the drama was founded — Matthew Arnold >
   implies or connotes an implanting (as in the ground) to give solidity and firmness
  < a love grounded in understanding and trust >
  < grounded all his work as a novelist on the faithful study of human nature — M.P.Linehan >
  < America was grounded not in the overthrow of the feudal past but in escape from it — Richard Hofstadter >
  , rarer in this sense than the other terms, implies a broad and strong base
  < his report was bottomed on sober statistics — Time >
  < bottomed on ideas to which everyone subscribes today — C.G.Bowers >
   implies a support that keeps upright or prevents from falling
  < stay a tipping barn with heavy supporting timbers on one side >
  < his nature looked coldly upon its early faith and sought to stay itself with rational knowledge — H.O.Taylor >
   stresses reliance upon something as a base or fundamental support, usually figurative
  < continuing progress based on science and technology … the foundation upon which our prosperity and our increasing standard of living rest — H.H.Curtice >
  < their academic reputations rest, quite largely, upon their academic power — C.W.Mills >
  < the cultures of the ancient empires of the Near East, of Greece and Rome, and of medieval Europe, all rest on the technical achievements of the Neolithic Age — Benjamin Farrington >
III. adjective
Etymology: base (I) 
1. : constituting or serving as a base
 < are now setting up a string of base camps — Time >
2. : 
 < the right to work is a base right — Ira Mosher >
IV. adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English bas, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin bassus fat, short, low
1. archaic : of little height : not high or tall
 < the cedar stoops not to the base shrub's foot — Shakespeare >
2. obsolete : low in place or position
 < fall to the base earth from the firmament — Shakespeare >
3. obsolete :  III
4. archaic 
 a. : of humble birth or position : , , 
  < base in kind and born to be a slave — William Cowper >
 b. : of illegitimate birth : 
  < Edmund the base shall top the legitimate — Shakespeare >
5. 
 a. : like a villein : 
  < a base tenant >
 b. : held by villenage
  < base tenure >
6. : of inferior quality : , , debased: as
 a. 
  (1) : alloyed with inferior metal
   < base gold >
  (2) : made of inferior metal
   < base coins of aluminum >
 b. of language : not classical
  < base Latin >
7. : having no dignity of sentiment or trustworthiness : , , , , 
 < seemed a base betrayal of idealism — L.M.Sears >
8. : lacking higher values : , 
 < citizens go on existing with a base mechanical kind of life like that of insects — Stephen Spender >
9. : of comparatively little value : not precious — compare 
Synonyms: 
 , :  stresses the ignoble; it may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness
  < all those features which distinguish the errors of magnanimous and intrepid spirits from base and malignant crimes — T.B.Macaulay >
  < base self-centered indulgence and selfish ambition — W.R.Inge >
   may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality
  < a man who by exercising a low sort of cunning, has managed to grab three or four millions of money selling bad whiskey — G.B.Shaw >
  < some sporting events of a low type, such as setting on men, women, or animals to fight — G.M.Trevelyan >
  , the most extreme of these three words, often suggests depravity or filth
  < a jeering intention in his meanly unctuous tone, something more vile than mere cruelty — Joseph Conrad >
  < vile abuse and unbelievable blasphemies poured from her snarling lips — W.H.Wright >
  < the jail was a vile place, in which most kinds of debauchery and villainy were practiced, and where dire diseases were bred — Charles Dickens >
  or, unlike  and , is often used as a strong synonym for objectionable or poor
  < curses … for the vile drinks he had been the means of introducing there — W.M.Thackeray >
V. 
Etymology: base (IV) 
obsolete 
variant of  II
VI. noun
1. : a number that is multiplied by a rate or of which a percentage or fraction is calculated 
 < to find the interest on $90 at 10% multiply the base 90 by .10 >
2. : the economic factors on which in Marxist theory all legal, social, and political relations are formed
3. : a price level at which a security previously actively declining in price resists further price decline
4. : any of the five purine or pyrimidine bases of DNA and RNA that include cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine, and uracil
5. : a point to be considered 
 < is covering … detailed material and is trying to touch every base — R.L.Tobin >
6. :  herein