Dictionary Check: bases

"bases" is a valid word!

Scrabble 7 points
Words with Friends 8 points

Definition

noun

installation from which a military force initiates operations

Example: "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
noun

a relation that provides the foundation for something

Example: "they were on a friendly footing"
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noun

lowest support of a structure

Example: "it was built on a base of solid rock"
noun

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

Example: "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
noun

a place that the runner must touch before scoring

Example: "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
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the most important or necessary part of something

Example: "the basis of this drink is orange juice"
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