Synonym: bottom, cowardly, establish, fix, found, foundation, groundwork, headquarters, inferior, low, mean, selfish, set, settle, station. Antonym: classical, noble, peak, proud, virtuous. Similar words: based on, basement, database, basket, basic, basically, basketball, ambassador. Meaning: [beɪs] 
n. 1. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water 2. installation from which a military force initiates operations 3. lowest support of a structure 4. place that runner must touch before scoring 5. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place 6. the bottom or lowest part 7. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment 8. a lower limit 9. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained 10. a support or foundation 11. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed 12. the most important or necessary part of something 13. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end 14. 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 15. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed 16. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area 17. the principal ingredient of a mixture 18. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit 19. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector. v. 1. use as a basis for; found on 2. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes 3. assign to a station. adj. 1. serving as or forming a base 2. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal 3. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) 4. not adhering to ethical or moral principles 5. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality 6. illegitimate 7. debased; not genuine.
n. 1. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water 2. installation from which a military force initiates operations 3. lowest support of a structure 4. place that runner must touch before scoring 5. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place 6. the bottom or lowest part 7. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment 8. a lower limit 9. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained 10. a support or foundation 11. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed 12. the most important or necessary part of something 13. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end 14. 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 15. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed 16. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area 17. the principal ingredient of a mixture 18. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit 19. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector. v. 1. use as a basis for; found on 2. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes 3. assign to a station. adj. 1. serving as or forming a base 2. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal 3. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) 4. not adhering to ethical or moral principles 5. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality 6. illegitimate 7. debased; not genuine. 
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(211) Bank base rates of 7 per cent are too high.
(212) The newlyweds decided to conduct family planning for lack of a sound economic base.
(213) Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.
(214) By broadening the tax base he could raise more revenue.
(215) The doctor manipulated the base of my spine and the pain disappeared completely.
(216) The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station.
(217) I base my hopes on the good news we had yesterday.
(218) Ordinary numbers use base 10, but many computers work to base 2.
(219) To grow our reserves base through exploration and acquisition.
(220) Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed. William Shakespeare 
(221) Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. Joseph Joubert
(222) This additional cost, if sufficiently large, will be passed on to bank customers based upon a new, higher base rate.
(223) The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended.
(224) Raising additional funds on this narrow tax base will mean very significant increases in the tax.
(224) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
(225) Therefore, base excess reflects an abnormality in the buffer base concentration.
(226) When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back. Woody Allen
(227) Logistic considerations make the Moon a very attractive base of operations if ice is abundant in the lunar polar regions.
(228) We share the annexe base with nursery nurse students and staff.
(229) Another approach to advertising expenditure is to base it on what the competition is spending.
(230) Our platoon was lead, and as we walked out of this base camp, we walked into an ambush.
(231) In too few cases has the reduction been accompanied by an admission that the new base will be more sustainable in future.
(232) And, a base spokesman acknowledged the cooler ban did not prohibit knapsacks, soft-sided fabric coolers or wagons.
(233) Jack was offered voluntary redundancy in late August and it was confirmed that there was suitable accommodation at the Kings Lodge base.
(234) Now we hope to build a data base to analyse why one last is more successful than another.
(235) Then I went to work at the Alameda naval air base, as a machinist's helper.
(236) Scott Brosius has played an acrobatic third base and hit for average and power.
(237) The volcano eruption forced the U.S. to abandon Clark Air Force Base.
(238) An interesting development is the direct synthesis of acetic anhydride, used to make cellulose acetate for photographic film base.
(239) Clinton said as rain pounded down at the air base, where he landed.
(240) The Rocks makes an ideal base camp convenient to shopping, the harbor and other amenities.
More similar words: based on, basement, database, basket, basic, basically, basketball, ambassador, case, ease, phase, laser, in case, phrase, at ease, in case of, purchase, release, in any case, in a sense, increased, decrease, a series of, in this case, in the case of, a case in point.