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verb
Use as a basis for; found on
Synonyms: grounds, underpins, founds, roots, rests, establishes, predicates, builds
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noun
The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Synonyms: bags, sacks, homes, corners, seconds, posts, plates, stations, bounds, marks, platters, firsts, goals
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noun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Synonyms: stems, roots, themes, radicals
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noun
A lower limit
Synonyms: feet, foundations, roots, bottoms, grounds, footings, bed, fundaments, floors, reasons, seats, proofs, premises, rests, hearts, substructures, stands, cores, causes, pedestals, bases, principles, motives, supports, essences, trunks, axioms, antecedents
Antonyms: branches
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noun
The most important or necessary part of something
Synonyms: bases, roots, base, fillers, rudiments, fundamentals, fundaments, foundations, cores, cornerstones
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noun
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Synonyms: base, cornerstones, bases, fundaments, foundations, footings, grounds, pedestals, bottoms, wickednesses, degradations
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noun
A point from which action is initiated
Synonyms: stations, headquarters, homes, seats, harbors, docks, centers, billets, installations, garrisons, ports, strips, fields, posts, camps, depots, terminals, hangars, airports, complexes
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noun
A support or foundation
Synonyms: grounds, foundations, seatings, premises, stands, hearts, nuclei, footings, nexuses, cruces, warrants, fundaments, securities, datum, base, evidences, proofs, postulates, authorities, sources, reasons, supports, backings, antecedents, assumptions, axioms, principles, backgrounds, pedestals, explanations
Antonyms: summits, apices, top
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noun
Foundation of a belief or statement
Synonyms: basis, authorities, warrants, reasons, principles, foundations
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noun
A fundamental principle or underlying concept
Synonyms: roots, rudiments, fundamentals, fundaments, foundations, cornerstones, base
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noun
An established position from which to operate or deal with others
Synonyms: terms, statuses, footings
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noun
The lowest or supporting part or structure
Synonyms: feet, seats, grounds, bottoms, fundaments, foundations, footings, bed, base
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noun
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Synonyms: infrastructures
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Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
Synonyms: alkalies
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noun
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
Synonyms: radixes
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noun
An underlying circumstance or condition:
Synonyms: base