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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(241) At the base library he found a catalogue listing the names of colleges abroad.
(242) Your base of operations, so to speak, has been abstracted from the underlying computer.
(243) A quality assurance program assists practitioners to base decisions for patient care on the most accurate available scientific knowledge and proven practices.
(244) So most of our bases have bowling alleys, and we built a bowling alley at this base.
(245) Mrs Major emerged from the plane at Andrews air force base looking pale and drawn.
(246) After breakfast I take a stroll around the base checking that all the daily administrative tasks have been completed.
(247) It will no longer act as a spring but at least it will give the cabin a more solid base.
(248) The worst situation was amidships,(www.Sentencedict.com) by the base of the mainmast.
(249) The section of the base around the old fort was more agreeable than the rest.
(250) Gold mineralisation is associated with earlier fluids; antimony and base metal sulphides with later fluids.
(251) Today to mark that anniversary a veteran peace campaigner cut through the base fence.
(252) It gives an advantage over competitors because it provides a flexible, forward-looking framework on which to base activities. 9.
(253) Further timber was then heaped round the base, soaked in paraffin and then set alight.
(254) The department is accordingly a highly suitable base for postgraduate students seeking to pursue research or advanced study in comparative law.
(255) Nevertheless, the base of their power lay within the territory which they had acquired by the late 530's.
(256) Even if we accept this, it is questionable how useful an analytical framework is which has an untenable base.
(257) For the more serious cases, there was air transport direct to base hospital, possibly hundreds of miles to the rear.
(258) We will increase Invalidity Benefit by 15%, extend mobility allowance and base payments on medical records rather than National Insurance contributions.
(259) He had first caught sight of her riding in a ploughed field beyond the barbed wire perimeter of the air base.
(260) One alternative approach is to develop an additional base of power that your opponent does not possess.
(261) But the ski instructress died trying to fulfill her biggest ambition - to visit the Everest base camp.
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.