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base - noun

  1. The lowest or supporting part or structure: basis, bed, bottom, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, seat, substratum, underpinning(often used in plural). See over.
  2. That on which something immaterial, such as an argument or a charge, rests: basis, footing, foundation, fundament, ground(often used in plural), groundwork, underpinning(often used in plural). See over.
  3. A fundamental principle or underlying concept: basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, fundamental, root, rudiment(often used in plural). See over.
  4. A center of organization, supply, or activity: complex, headquarters, station. Military installation. See place.
  5. The main part of a word to which affixes are attached: root, stem, theme. See words.

base - verb

  1. To provide a basis for: build, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest, root, underpin. See over.
base

base - adjective

  1. Having or proceeding from low moral standards: ignoble, low, low-down, mean, sordid, squalid, vile. See right.
  2. Of decidedly inferior quality: cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy. Informal cheesy. Slang crummy, schlocky. See good.
  3. Lacking high station or birth: baseborn, common, déclassé, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, plebeian, unwashed, vulgar. See over.