A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLICPreview
Open in TheBrain

What Does It Mean to Be Base or Based?

AI GENERATED RESPONSE FROM BRAVE SEARCH ENGINE:

base
/bās/
noun
  1. The lowest or bottom part.

the base of a cliff; the base of a lamp.

  1. The part of a plant or animal organ that is nearest to its point of attachment.
  2. The point of attachment of such an organ.
  3. A supporting part or layer; a foundation.

a skyscraper built on a base of solid rock.

  1. A basic or underlying element; infrastructure.

the nation's industrial base.

  1. The fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory; a basis.
  2. A fundamental ingredient; a chief constituent.

a paint with an oil base.

  1. The fact, observation, or premise from which a reasoning process is begun.
  2. (Games) A starting point, safety area, or goal.
  3. (Baseball) Any one of the four corners of an infield, marked by a bag or plate, that must be touched by a runner before a run can be scored.
  4. A center of organization, supply, or activity; a headquarters.
  5. The portion of a social organization, especially a political party, consisting of the most dedicated or motivated members.
  6. A fortified center of operations.
  7. A supply center for a large force of military personnel.
  8. A facial cosmetic used to even out the complexion or provide a surface for other makeup; a foundation.
  9. (Architecture) The lowest part of a structure, such as a wall, considered as a separate unit.

the base of a column.

  1. (Heraldry) The lower part of a shield.
  2. (Linguistics) A morpheme or morphemes regarded as a form to which affixes or other bases may be added.
  3. The side or face of a geometric figure to which an altitude is or is thought to be drawn.
  4. The number that is raised to various powers to generate the principal counting units of a number system. The base of the decimal system, for example, is 10.
  5. The number raised to the logarithm of a designated number in order to produce that designated number; the number at which a chosen logarithmic scale has the value 1.
  6. A line used as a reference for measurement or computations.
  7. Any of a class of compounds whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a bitter taste, a slippery feel, the ability to turn litmus blue, and the ability to react with acids to form salts.
  8. A substance that yields hydroxide ions when dissolved in water.
  9. A substance that can act as a proton acceptor.
  10. A substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.
  11. The region in a transistor between the emitter and the collector.
  12. The electrode attached to this region.
  13. One of the nitrogen-containing purines (adenine and guanine) or pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine, and uracil) that occurs attached to the sugar component of DNA or RNA.
adjective
  1. Forming or serving as a base.

a base layer of soil.

  1. Situated at or near the base or bottom.

a base camp for the mountain climbers.

  1. (Chemistry) Of, relating to, or containing a base.
  2. Having or showing a lack of decency; contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish.
  3. Being a metal that is of little value.
  4. Containing such metals.

base coins.

  1. (Archaic) Of low birth, rank, or position.
  2. (Obsolete) Short in stature.
transitive verb
  1. To form or provide a base for.

based the new company in Portland.

  1. To find a basis for; establish.

based her conclusions on the report; a film based on a best-selling novel.

  1. To assign to a base; station.

troops based in the Middle East.

idiom
  1. (off base) Badly mistaken.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik

DOWNLOADED:

Sunday, April 19, 2026 04:49PM

what does it mean to be base or based? - Brave Search