Thesaurus / base
FEEDBACKHow to use base in a sentence
It is based on the interaction between the sender and the receiver.
CHRISTIAN PUGLISI IS CLOSING HIS INFLUENTIAL COPENHAGEN RESTAURANTS. COVID IS ONLY PARTLY TO BLAMERAFAEL TONONSEPTEMBER 17, 2020EATEROur country is based on that, and I think it’s going to happen pretty quickly.
TIMELINE: THE 124 TIMES TRUMP HAS DOWNPLAYED THE CORONAVIRUS THREATAARON BLAKE, JM RIEGERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTEver since, though, he had completed fewer passes than we’d expect based on the characteristics of the throws he attempted — until now.
AARON RODGERS IS PLAYING LIKE AARON RODGERS AGAINNEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)SEPTEMBER 16, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTEspecially on the coronavirus, he is playing to his base above all else.
TRUMP KEEPS DODGING THE CRUX OF MAJOR ISSUES — AND THAT’S SHOWING IN HIS REELECTION PROSPECTSAMBER PHILLIPSSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTShe got 35 percent of the vote after spending less than $200,000, revealing that there was a base for left-wing politics in a state politically dominated by moderate suburbanites.
THE TRAILER: THE FIRST STATE GOES LASTDAVID WEIGELSEPTEMBER 15, 2020WASHINGTON POST“Investors believe this environment, where the world is changing rapidly, is a strong environment for a firm like ours that is so committed to understanding how the world works,” Westport, Connecticut-based Bridgewater said in a statement.
THE LOSSES CONTINUE TO PILE UP FOR HEDGE FUND KING RAY DALIOBERNHARD WARNERSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNETake Tyler Haney, for example, the founder of the athleisure company Outdoor Voices, based in Austin, Texas.
‘HOW I BUILT THIS’ HOST GUY RAZ ON INSIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ENTREPRENEURSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNENvidia will add its technology to the offerings licensed by Arm, the Santa Clara, California-based company said.
NVIDIA IS BUYING SOFTBANK’S ARM CHIP DIVISION IN BIGGEST SEMICONDUCTOR DEAL EVERCLAIRE ZILLMAN, REPORTERSEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNEThe upper part of the stem is usually unbranched, but whorls of branches occur towards the base.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINIt is a vile world because it is an under-educated world, unreasonable, suspicious, base and ferocious.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWORDS RELATED TO BASE
- base
- casual
- cheap
- contemptible
- frivolous
- inconsequent
- inconsiderable
- inessential
- inferior
- irrelevant
- junior
- lesser
- light
- little
- lower
- measly
- minor
- narrow-minded
- negligible
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- paltry
- peanut
- penny-ante
- pettifogging
- picayune
- piddling
- scratch
- secondary
- shabby
- shallow
- shoestring
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- subordinate
- trifling
- two-bit
- unimportant
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- poor
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
- alertness
- anticipation
- arrangement
- background
- base
- basis
- buildup
- construction
- dry run
- education
- establishment
- evolution
- expectation
- fitting
- foresight
- formation
- foundation
- gestation
- getting ready
- groundwork
- homework
- incubation
- lead time
- making ready
- manufacture
- measure
- plan
- precaution
- preparedness
- preparing
- provision
- putting in order
- qualification
- readying
- rehearsal
- rundown
- safeguard
- schoolwork
- study
- substructure
- training
- tryout
- workout
- agent
- ancestor
- ancestry
- antecedent
- author
- base
- beginning
- causality
- causation
- connection
- creator
- derivation
- determinant
- egg
- element
- embryo
- fount
- fountain
- fountainhead
- generator
- germ
- horse's mouth
- impulse
- inception
- inducement
- influence
- inspiration
- mainspring
- mother
- motive
- nucleus
- occasion
- parent
- parentage
- principle
- producer
- progenitor
- provenance
- root
- roots
- rootstock
- seed
- source
- spring
- stock
- well
- wellspring
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