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Synonyms for basis
ˈbeɪ sɪsba·sis

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  1. basisnoun

    Synonyms:
    base

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  1. footing, basis, groundnoun

    a relation that provides the foundation for something

    "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"

    Synonyms:
    foundation, ground, terms, primer, background, base, undercoat, solid ground, dry land, groundwork, primer coat, footing, land, priming, soil, reason, flat coat, priming coat, fundament, cornerstone, earth, terra firma, foothold

  2. basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstonenoun

    the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

    "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

    Synonyms:
    bottom, foundation garment, founding, tail, groundwork, al-Qaida, instauration, butt, pedestal, substructure, posterior, rear end, introduction, can, nates, al-Qaeda, theme, stern, innovation, fundament, nucleotide, foundation, buttocks, prat, radical, root, floor, ground, seat, backside, bum, tooshie, grounding, buns, arse, foot, hindquarters, footing, tail end, behind, origination, understructure, alkali, cornerstone, base, hind end, derriere, rump, ass, home, keister, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, rear, fanny, infrastructure, tush, institution, initiation, al-Qa'ida, creation, bag

  3. basis, basenoun

    the most important or necessary part of something

    "the basis of this drink is orange juice"

    Synonyms:
    foundation, foot, ground, bag, radix, stand, al-Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, substructure, theme, radical, base, alkali, home, groundwork, base of operations, understructure, footing, root, infrastructure, al-Qaida, pedestal, fundament, floor, stem, root word, cornerstone, nucleotide

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. basisnoun

    Synonyms:
    base, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowest part

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  1. basisnoun

    Synonyms:
    foundation

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. BASIS

    Synonyms:
    Basel Antiarrhythmic Study of Infarct Survival

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How to use basis in a sentence?

  1. Kathleen Ottina:

    I’d want them to be in an environment that pushed them that had high expectations that demanded really hard work from them. But I wouldn’t want them to be exposed on a regular basis to a culture that was crude and vulgar.

  2. President Trump:

    From this day forward we will compete on a fair and equal basis, we are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of anymore.

  3. Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell:

    It is difficult to ask banks to submit rates at which they believe they could borrow on a daily basis if they do not actually borrow very often.

  4. Bernardino Leon:

    We will work in coming days on the basis of timetable which necessarily has to be short. Libya is facing huge challenges.

  5. Elizabeth Hill:

    There are undocumented children in K-12 education today that we support and give education to on a daily basis.


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