Dictionary Check: bases
"bases" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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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"
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"
noun
the most important or necessary part of something
Example:
"the basis of this drink is orange juice"
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