base

base is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bās
• IPA: /beɪs/
• SAMPA: /beIs/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

Homophone

• bass

Noun

Singular base

Plural bases

The base of a column

1. The lower part of anything; the solid part that touches the floor or touches the earth and keeps the other parts of the thing up.
   • Synonym: foundation
2. The simplest and most important part of something.

This short section needs someone to add to it.

Synonyms

• centre/center
• heart
• support
• rest
• source

Related words

• baseless
• basic
• basically

Adjective

Positive base

Comparative baser

Superlative basest

1. Rude, unfair, or unkind.
   • Synonym: immoral

   The people who make those sex videos are really base.

Verb

Plain form base

Third-person singular bases

Past tense based

Past participle based

Present participle basing

1. (transitive) When something or someone is based in a place, they do most of their work in that place.

   The airline is based in Toronto, but flies all over the world.

2. (transitive) To build or make something on another thing, or using the other thing, or like the other thing.

   The movie is based on the book.

Synonyms

• create
• build
• construct
• ground