The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - base° n.

1) bottom, foot, support, stand, pedestal: The base of the statue cracked and the whole thing fell down. Have you been able to find a teak base for the new lamp? 2 groundwork, background, fundamental principle, principle, foundation, underpinning; infrastructure, basis: Henry's charter was at once welcomed as a base for the needed reforms. 3) root, theme, radical, stem, core: In the word interdigitation the base is -digit- . 4) home, station, camp, starting-point, point of departure, post, centre: Using the Sherpa village as a base of operations, we set up smaller camps as we began to climb the mountain. --v. 5) establish, found, secure, build, ground, anchor, fix, hinge, form; derive, draw: We are basing all our hopes on his ability to do a deal. 6) establish, headquarter, post, station, position, place: The company is based in Guernsey.