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Plural of base: a place where people in a military organization live and work.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Plural of base: a place where people in a military organization live and work. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Plural of basis: anything upon which something is based; fundamental principle; groundwork.

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  • Our baseball team is working on improving technique for guarding the bases.
  • Noun, : The nurse is paid on an hourly basis. He was chosen on the basis of his college grades
  • Adjective : hastily composed of base materials. ,an attempt to eliminate the base coinage. ,base language. ,base servitude. ,the base tones...
  • His pop with the bat half of his hits are for extra bases is an additional plus for Florida.
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  • The "basses" (singers in a low register) performed the "basis" (support, fundamental principle) of their program at the "bases" (military installations).
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