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    Base

    Definitions

    1 | noun | installation from which a military force initiates operations 2 | noun | lowest support of a structure 3 | noun | a place that the runner must touch before scoring 4 | noun | the bottom or lowest part 5 | noun | (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment 6 | noun | a lower limit 7 | noun | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained 8 | noun | a support or foundation (29 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    b'eys (IPA: bˈeɪs)

    Hyphenation

    base (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1325 (High Middle ages) (700 years ago)

    1393 (Late Middle ages) (632 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin | Modern Greek

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 1109th most common (1 in 10870 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb | 0% adjective)

    spoken: 1381st most common (1 in 23810 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    bases | baser | basest | based | basing

    Synonyms

    base of operations | foot | foundation | fundament | groundwork | substructure | understructure | bag | hull | floor | basis | cornerstone | pedestal | stand | nucleotide | ... (total: 32)

    Narrower terms

    air base | air station | army base | firebase | navy base | rocket base | bed | raft foundation | first base | home | home base | home plate | plate | second base | third | ... (total: 49)

    Broader terms

    military installation | support | baseball equipment | part | piece | bottom | control | assumption | supposal | supposition | ester | chemical compound | compound | flank | component | ... (total: 34)

    Rhymes

    apace | brace | case | chase | dace | debase | deface | disgrace | displace | efface | embrace | encase | erase | face | glace | ... (total: 29) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Homophone

    bass

    Lexically close words

    abase | babe | bade | bake | bale | bane | bare | bash | bask | bass | bast | baste | bate | blase | case | Case | ease | lase | vase (total: 19)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    acid-base balance | acid-base equilibrium | acid-base indicator | base-forming | base hit | base metal | base of operations | base on balls | base rate | base runner | ... (total: 24)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 底部 (noun) | 基礎 (noun) | 基地 (noun) Hindi: | तल (noun) | नींव (noun) | अड्डा (noun) Arabic: | أسفَلُ الشيء (noun) | أَساس (noun) | قاعِدَة (noun) Spanish: | malo (moral behavior) | vil (moral behavior) | bajo (moral behavior) | base (general) | base (building) | fundamento (building) | base (chemistry) | base (military) | basar (decision) | fundar (decision) French: | ignoble (moral behavior) | vil (moral behavior) | bas (moral behavior) | base (general) | base (building) | fondation (building) | base (chemistry) | poste de commandement (military) | fonder (decision)

    Other notable uses

    Base (US population: 670 people, white: 86%)

    Homestead Base (Florida, 999 people) | Radar Base (Texas, 93 people) | Twentynine Palms Base (California, 8413 people) | Bangor Trident Base (Washington, 7253 people) | Dover Base Housing (Delaware, 2810 people) | ... (total: 7)

    Project Moonbase

    base.com | base.net | Base.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Air Force facility | Barracks locale | Barracks site | Bottom | Contemptible | Corner of a diamond | Cornerstone | Depraved | Diamond corner | Dishonorable | First or home, e.g. | First or second, e.g. | First, second or third | First, second or third, on a diamond | ... (total: 40) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ???-2273

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