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4-letter words (3 found)

BAES,BASE,SABE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ABS,BAE,BAS,BES,EAS,SAB,SAE,SEA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AE,AS,BA,BE,EA,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 19 words from base according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of base

base abse bsae sbae asbe sabe baes abes beas ebas aebs eabs bsea sbea besa ebsa seba esba aseb saeb aesb easb seab esab

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Definitions and meaning of base

base

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bās, IPA(key): /beɪs/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /beːs/
  • Hyphenation: base
  • Rhymes: -eɪs
  • Homophone: bass

Etymology 1

From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis.

Noun

base (countable and uncountable, plural bases)

  1. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
    1. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
  2. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
  3. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
  4. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
  5. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
  6. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
  7. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
  8. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
  9. Important areas in games and sports.
    1. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
    3. (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
  10. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
  11. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
  12. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
  13. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
  14. (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
  15. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace..)
  16. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
    The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.
  17. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
  18. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
  19. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
  20. (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
  21. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
  22. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
  23. (music) Dated form of bass.
  24. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
  25. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
  26. (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
  27. (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
    Coordinate terms: tonlet, lamboys
  28. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
  29. (obsolete) An apron.
  30. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
  31. (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
    Synonyms: electoral base, political base
  32. (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
    Synonym: substructure
    Antonym: superstructure
  33. A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
  34. (aviation) Short for base leg.
  35. (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
Synonyms
  • (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid): alkali
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "chemical compound that will neutralize an alkali"): acid
  • (antonym(s) of "end of a leaf"): apex
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Verb

base (third-person singular simple present bases, present participle basing, simple past and past participle based)

  1. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
  2. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
  3. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
  4. (slang) To freebase.
Derived terms
  • base on
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English base, bas, from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus (“low”). Cognate with Spanish bajo, Italian basso and base.

Adjective

base (comparative baser or more base, superlative basest or most base)

  1. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
  2. Low in place or position.
  3. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
  4. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
  5. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
  6. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
  7. (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
  8. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
  9. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
  10. Not classical or correct.
  11. Obsolete form of bass.
  12. (law) Not held by honourable service.
Usage notes
  • Said of fellows, motives, occupations, etc.
Synonyms
  • (low, short): little, petite, short
  • (of position): low-lying, lowland
  • (of value): See Thesaurus:insignificant
  • (vulgar, common): common, low-born, lowly, plebeian, vulgar
  • (immoral): See Thesaurus:despicable or Thesaurus:evil
  • (of inferior quality): See Thesaurus:low-quality
  • (describing metals):
  • (of illegitimate birth): See Thesaurus:illegitimate
  • (not classical):
  • (not held by honourable service):
Antonyms
  • likeable
  • desirable
  • admirable
  • noble
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Probably a specific use of Etymology 1, above; perhaps also a development of the plural of bar.

Noun

base (uncountable)

  1. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 4

Variant forms.

Noun

base

  1. Alternative form of BASE
Derived terms
  • base jumper
  • base jumping

Further reading

  • base on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Base in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

  • “base”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “base”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Abes, EABs, EBSA, baes, seba

Afrikaans

Noun

base

  1. plural of baas

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Noun

base f (plural bases)

  1. base

Related terms

  • basar
  • básicu

Bambara

Noun

base

  1. a bush taxi, a common type of public transit
    Synonym: duurunin

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈba.ze]

Noun

base f (plural bases)

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. grounding
  4. foundation

Derived terms

  • base de dades

Related terms

  • basar
  • basal
  • bàsic

Further reading

  • “base” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbasɛ]

Noun

base

  1. dative/locative singular of basa
  2. vocative/locative singular of bas

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːzɛ]

Noun

base f

  1. Obsolete form of báze.
Declension

Danish

Etymology

From French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis). Doublet of basis and also related distantly to komme.

Noun

base c (singular definite basen, plural indefinite baser)

  1. (chemistry) base (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry base)
  2. (military) base
  3. headquarters

Declension

Synonyms

  • (headquarters): hovedkvarter

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: basi m

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • basis (obsolete in this sense)

Etymology

Borrowed from French base, from Latin basis. Doublet of basis. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː.zə/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧se
  • Rhymes: -aːzə

Noun

base f (plural basen, diminutive basetje n)

  1. (chemistry) base (class of compounds), alkali

Synonyms

  • loog

Antonyms

  • zuur

Derived terms

  • basisch
  • basenpaar
  • basenvolgorde
  • Lewisbase

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: basa

References

  • “base” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baz/, /bɑz/
  • (France) IPA(key): [baz]
  • (Quebec, formal) IPA(key): [bɑːz]
  • (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [bɑʊ̯z]

Noun

base f (plural bases)

  1. base (bottom part of something)
  2. base (safe place)
  3. base, basis (fundamental belief)
  4. (chemistry) base

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Czech: báze
  • → Danish: base
    • → Icelandic: basi m
  • → Norwegian:
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: base
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: base
  • → Romanian: bază
  • → Russian: база (baza)
    • → Armenian: բազա (baza)
    • → Azerbaijani:
      Cyrillic script: база
      Latin script: baza
    • → Crimean Tatar:
      Cyrillic script: база
      Latin script: baza
    • → Georgian: ბაზა (baza)
    • → Kazakh:
      Arabic script: بازا (baza)
      Cyrillic script: база (baza)
    • → Mongolian:
      Mongolian script: [Term?]
      Cyrillic script: бааз (baaz)
    • → Tuvan: бааза (baaza)

Further reading

  • “base”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Noun

base f (plural bases)

  1. base

Related terms

  • basear
  • básico

Italian

Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.ze/
  • Rhymes: -aze
  • Hyphenation: bà‧se

Noun

base f (plural basi)

  1. base, alkaline
  2. basis
  3. (figurative) mainstay

Antonyms

  • sommità, altezza

Related terms

  • basare
  • basico
  • basilare
  • di base
  • in base a

Latin

Noun

base

  1. ablative singular of basis

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis.

Alternative forms

  • bace, bas, baas, basse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːs(ə)/

Noun

base (plural bases)

  1. A foundation or base; the bottom of a building.
  2. The foundation, base, or bottom of a column, statue, or vase.
  3. (rare) Padding inserted below a horse's bridle.
  4. (rare) A hand's palm; the section of a hand below the fingers.
  5. (rare) The bottom portion of a dress.
  6. (rare, alchemy) The mix of metals used as a base for alchemical operations.
Descendants
  • English: base
  • Scots: base
References
  • “bās(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Etymology 2

Adjective

base

  1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 3

Noun

base

  1. Alternative form of bace

Moore

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bà.se/

Verb

base

  1. to leave
  2. to cancel, stop, cease
  3. to abandon, throw away

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpase/

Verb

base

  1. inflection of bassit:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English base, and French base (in chemistry). Ultimately from Latin basis and a doublet of basis.

Noun

base m (definite singular basen, indefinite plural baser, definite plural basene)

  1. (chemistry, military, general) a base

Derived terms

References

  • “base” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English base, and French base (in chemistry). Ultimately from Latin basis and a doublet of basis.

Noun

base m (definite singular basen, indefinite plural basar, definite plural basane)

  1. (chemistry, military, general) a base

Derived terms

  • basisk
  • database
  • marinebase
  • militærbase

References

  • “base” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Noun

base oblique singular, f (oblique plural bases, nominative singular base, nominative plural bases)

  1. base (bottom part; supporting part)

Descendants

  • French: base
    • → Czech: báze
    • → Danish: base
      • → Icelandic: basi m
    • → Norwegian:
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: base
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: base
    • → Romanian: bază
    • → Russian: база (baza)
      • → Armenian: բազա (baza)
      • → Azerbaijani:
        Cyrillic script: база
        Latin script: baza
      • → Crimean Tatar:
        Cyrillic script: база
        Latin script: baza
      • → Georgian: ბაზა (baza)
      • → Kazakh:
        Arabic script: بازا (baza)
        Cyrillic script: база (baza)
      • → Mongolian:
        Mongolian script: [Term?]
        Cyrillic script: бааз (baaz)
      • → Tuvan: бааза (baaza)
    • ⇒ French: baser
      • → Dutch: baseren
      • → Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: basere
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: basere
      • → Romanian: baza
  • → Middle English: base, bace, bas, baas, basse
    • English: base
    • Scots: base

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (base, supplement)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -azi, -azɨ
  • Hyphenation: ba‧se

Noun

base f (plural bases)

  1. basis
  2. base
  3. (chemistry) base
    Antonym: ácido
  4. groundwork

Related terms

  • basar
  • básico

Rukai

Etymology 1

From Japanese バス (basu).

Noun

base

  1. (vehicles) bus

Etymology 2

Noun

base

  1. broth

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbase/ [ˈba.se]
  • Rhymes: -ase
  • Syllabification: ba‧se

Etymology 1

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Noun

base f (plural bases)

  1. base
  2. basis
  3. (linear algebra) basis
    • Base on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
  4. grounding
  5. (cosmetics) foundation
  6. (basketball) point guard
    • Base on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
  7. (baseball) base
  8. (Marxism) base (forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life)
    Synonym: infraestructura
    Antonym: superestructura
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

base

  1. inflection of basar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “base”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish base (“basis”). The baseball definition is from English base, but pronounced the same as the Spanish word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbase/, [ˈba.sɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧se

Noun

base (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)

  1. base; basis
    Synonyms: batayan, tuntunin, pamantayan
  2. (baseball) base

Derived terms

Venetian

Adjective

base f

  1. feminine plural of baso

Source: wiktionary.org