/beɪs/
Translation
The bottom part that something stands on, or the main place a group works from.
Word origin
From Latin basis, meaning a step or a foot to stand on, through French base.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- basis
- English cognates
- basic, basis
Grammar
Examples
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"Base" is the bottom part that the lamp stands on.
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Here "base" is the place an army lives and works from.
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"Base" can be any place you start from and come back to.
Used in
Grammar articles
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Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
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