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bases

1

[ bey-seez ]

noun

  1. plural of basis.


bases

2

[ bey-siz ]

noun

  1. plural of base 1.

bases

1

/ ˈbeɪsiːz /

noun

  1. See basis
    the plural of basis


bases

2

/ ˈbeɪsɪz /

noun

  1. See base
    the plural of base 1

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Example Sentences

The drug is a nucleoside analog — an artificial RNA building block that can mimic the bases cytosine and uracil.

Completing some of those missions will grant Master Chief control of Forward Operating Bases, which seem key to advancing the story and offering new perks.

Most female peshmerga fighters were tasked with staffing checkpoints and guarding bases alongside their male counterparts.

The U.S. is relying more these days on bases outside the country.

During the last war in Iraq, the American military had a string of air bases from which to launch drone flights.

The violence continues, but on a scale diminished since when American bases and outposts dotted the province.

Soldiers rotated out of the valley from other bases in the Pech for a weekend of relief from the fighting before being sent back.

And everybody, or nearly everybody, bases on these obvious facts a series of entirely erroneous conclusions.

Two of the chimneys have tunnels carved through the bases, and cedar trees appear to grow out of the rock.

It is easy to perceive that firm-set rock cliffs, with no beaches at their bases, can almost indefinitely withstand the assaults.

The narrow door into the corridor is also seen, and the stucco capitals and bases of the columns.

The walls were formerly lined with marble, and had semi-detached marble pillars, the bases of which still remain.

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