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Results for: "base"

Translating from English to Welsh

Translations:

base — permanent structure for housing military
→ canolfan f
→ bas m
base — something from which other things extend
→ gwaelod m
base — chemical compound that will neutralize an acid
→ bas m/f
→ sawd m/f

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 20

  1. installation from which a military force initiates operations

    • “the attack wiped out our forward bases”
    Synonymsbase of operations

  2. lowest support of a structure

    • “it was built on a base of solid rock”
    • “he stood at the foot of the tower”
    Synonymsfoundationfundamentfootgroundworksubstructureunderstructure

  3. a place that the runner must touch before scoring

    • “he scrambled to get back to the bag”
    Synonymsbag
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  1. the bottom or lowest part

    • “the base of the mountain”

  2. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

    • “the base of the skull”

  3. a lower limit

    • “the government established a wage floor”
    Synonymsfloor

  4. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

    • “the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture”
    Synonymsbasisfoundationfundamentgroundworkcornerstone

  5. a support or foundation

    • “the base of the lamp”
    Synonymspedestalstand

  6. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

    Synonymsnucleotide

  7. any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

    • “bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia”
    Synonymsalkali

  8. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

    • “the base of the triangle”

  9. the most important or necessary part of something

    • “the basis of this drink is orange juice”
    Synonymsbasis

  10. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

    • “10 is the radix of the decimal system”
    Synonymsradix

  11. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

    Synonymshome

  12. 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

    Synonymsal-QaedaQaedaal-Qa'idaal-Qaida

  13. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    • “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
    Synonymsrootroot wordstemthemeradical

  14. the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

    • “the industrial base of Japan”
    Synonymsinfrastructure

  15. the principal ingredient of a mixture

    • “glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments”
    • “he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green”
    • “everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base”

  16. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

    • “a tub should sit on its own base”

  17. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

VERB 3

  1. use as a basis for; found on

    • “base a claim on some observation”
    Synonymsestablishgroundfound

  2. situate as a center of operations

    • “we will base this project in the new lab”

  3. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

    Synonymsfree-base

ADJECTIVE 7

  1. serving as or forming a base

    • “the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats”
    Synonymsbasal

  2. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

    • “baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
    • “of humble (or lowly) birth”
    Synonymsbasebornhumblelowly

  3. (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

    • “base coins of aluminum”
    • “a base metal”
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  1. not adhering to ethical or moral principles

    • “base and unpatriotic motives”
    • “a base, degrading way of life”
    • “cheating is dishonorable”
    • “they considered colonialism immoral”
    • “unethical practices in handling public funds”
    Synonymsimmoral

  2. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

    • “that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke”
    • “taking a mean advantage”
    • “chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare”
    • “something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics”
    Synonymsmeanmeanspirited

  3. illegitimate

    Synonymsbaseborn

  4. debased; not genuine

    • “an attempt to eliminate the base coinage”