Meaning

8 senses
  1. A physical base or foundation.

    Fundament

    основа́ниеosnovánije, фунда́ментfundáment

    a relation that provides the foundation for something

  2. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

    Basis, Grundlage

    осно́ваosnóva, основа́ниеosnovánije, фунда́ментfundáment

    осно́ваosnóva

  3. An underlying condition or circumstance.

    Allow us to compete on an equal basis.

    Basis, Grundlage

    ба́заbáza, осно́ваosnóva, ба́зисbázis

    ба́заbáza, баз́исbaźys, осно́ваosnóva

  4. A regular frequency.

    You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.

    The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.

  5. The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.

  6. In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.

    Basis

    ба́зисbázis

    баз́исbaźys

  7. Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.

  8. A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.

    The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.

Examples

172 sentences
  1. There is no scientific basis for these claims.

    Немає наукових підстав для цих тверджень.

    ruДля этих заявлений нет научной основы.

    deDiese Behauptungen entbehren einer wissenschaftlichen Grundlage.

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  2. We're on a first name basis.

    ruМы друг с другом на ты.

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  3. We will have to consider each application on a case-by-case basis.

    deWir werden jede Bewerbung individuell prüfen müssen.

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  4. What's your basis for saying this?

    ruНа каком основании вы это говорите?

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  5. Is there some basis for this?

    deGibt es dafür eine Grundlage?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
starting point for an argument:
underlying condition:
Русский
By meaning 3
physical base or foundation:
starting point for an argument:
underlying condition:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
physical base or foundation:
starting point for an argument:

Origin

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, der

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (whence also come). Doublet of base.

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Forms

plural: bases
Singularbasis
Pluralbases

irregular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
starting point for discussion:baseA2
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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