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📖 Определения и значения для слова base

📒 the lowest part of something, especially the part or surface on which it rests or stands

  • The lamp has a heavy base.
  • the base of a column/glass
  • at the base of something He felt a sharp pain at the base of his spine.

📒 the main place where you live or stay or where a business operates from

  • I spend a lot of time in Britain but Paris is still my base.
  • base for doing something The town is an ideal base for touring the area.
  • base for something The organization is looking for a permanent base for its operations.

📒 a place where an army, a navy, etc. operates from

  • a military/naval base
  • an air base
  • After the attack, they returned to base.

📒 the people, activity, etc. from which somebody/something gets most of their support, income, power, etc.

  • These policies have a broad base of support.
  • We once had an economy with a solid manufacturing base.
  • By broadening the tax base (= increasing the number of people who pay taxes) he could raise more revenue.

📒 the pay that you get before anything extra is added

  • All we got was base pay—we didn't reach profitability levels to award a bonus.

📒 an idea, a fact, a situation, etc. from which something is developed

  • She used her family's history as a base for her novel.
  • His arguments have a sound economic base.
  • These policies give us a solid base for winning the next election.

📒 the first or main part of a substance to which other things are added

  • a drink with a rum base
  • Put some moisturizer on as a base before applying your make-up.

📒 a chemical substance, for example an alkali, that can combine with an acid to form a salt

📒 a number on which a system of counting and expressing numbers is built up, for example 10 in the decimal system and 2 in the binary system

📒 one of the four positions that a player must reach in order to score points

📒 to consider and deal with all the things that could happen or could be needed when you are arranging something

  • I am confident this contract covers all the bases.

📒 to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage

📒 completely wrong about something

  • If that's what you think, you're way off base.

📒 to make contact with somebody again

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