basis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (whence also come). Doublet of base.
Pronunciation edit
enPR: bāʹsĭs
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.sɪs/,[1]
Audio (US) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæɪ.sɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪsɪs
Noun edit
basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)
- A physical base or foundation.
- 1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271,
- Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
Mountain on mountain thrown,
With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!
- Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 27:
- We see here the ground-plan of masses of houses, with their upper walls of fire-baked brick on a basis of stone.
- 1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271,
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Audio (US) (file) - I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- 2013 September 7, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.
- A regular frequency.
- You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.
- The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.
- Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.
- (agriculture, trading) 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.
- Included in the basis could be elevation, cleaning, freight by truck and/or rail, government inspection fees, administration fees, interest and storage charges as well as allowance for risk and profit for the grain dealer.https://www.alberta.ca/wheat-basis-levels.aspx
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- (topology) 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.
Synonyms edit
- (starting point for discussion): base
Derived terms edit
- accrual basis
- basic
- basis point
- basis spline
- Bernstein basis polynomial
- cash basis
- cost basis
- eigenbasis
- fare basis
- Fourier basis
- Gröbner basis
- Hamel basis
- Hilbert's basis theorem
- normal basis
- on a case-by-case basis
- on a first-name basis
- on a need-to-know basis
- on an irregular basis
- on a regular basis
- on the basis of
- polynomial basis
- rational basis review
- Schauder basis
- tax basis
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Catalan edit
Verb edit
basis
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis). Doublet of base, and also related to komme, from the same ultimate source.
Noun edit
basis
- (linear algebra) basis
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of base. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)
- basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)
- base (lower portion, foundation)
- Obsolete form of base (“base, alkali”).
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
basis
Declension edit
Inflection of basis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | basis | basikset | ||
genitive | basiksen | basisten basiksien | ||
partitive | basista | basiksia | ||
illative | basikseen | basiksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | basis | basikset | ||
accusative | nom. | basis | basikset | |
gen. | basiksen | |||
genitive | basiksen | basisten basiksien | ||
partitive | basista | basiksia | ||
inessive | basiksessa | basiksissa | ||
elative | basiksesta | basiksista | ||
illative | basikseen | basiksiin | ||
adessive | basiksella | basiksilla | ||
ablative | basikselta | basiksilta | ||
allative | basikselle | basiksille | ||
essive | basiksena | basiksina | ||
translative | basikseksi | basiksiksi | ||
abessive | basiksetta | basiksitta | ||
instructive | — | basiksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
basis
- basis, base
- basis:
- (mathematics) in a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- base:
- (electronics) the name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- Synonym: tapak (Standard Malay)
- (geometry) the lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (military) headquarter: permanent structure for housing military.
- (electronics) the name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “basis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (básis, “stepping, step; foot; base, pedestal”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈbäs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈbäːs̬is]
Noun edit
basis f (genitive basis); third declension
- (literal) a pedestal, foot, base
- Synonyms: fundāmentum, fundāmen, crepīdō
- aliquem cum basī suā mētīrī
- to give false measure, to estimate too high
- (literally, “to measure a pillar together with its pedestal”)
- 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem[2], volume 2.2, archived from the original on 2022-02-03, section 154:
- ... huic etiam Romae videmus in basi statuarum maximis litteris incisum, A COMMVNI SICILIAE DATAS.
- ... we see in his honor, even in Rome, GIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY OF SICILY carved on the base of statues in huge letters.
- (figurative) a foundation
- Synonym: rādīx
- c. 400 CE [c. 200–175 BCE], Ben Sira, translated by Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Vulgate[3], translation of original in Biblical Hebrew, archived from the original on 2021-07-11, Sirach 6.30:
- ... et erunt tibi conpedes in protectionem fortitudinis et bases virtutis et torques illius in stolam gloriae ...
- ... and its [wisdom's] fetters will become a strong protection and the foundations of virtue for you, and its chain will become a glorious robe ...
- (geometry) the base of a triangle, chord of an arc
- 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum, volume 2, section 125:
- Illud vero (ab Aristotele animadversum, a quo pleraque) quis potest non mirari: grues cum loca calidiora petentes maria transmittant, trianguli efficere formam; eius autem summo angulo aer ab is adversus pellitur, deinde sensim ab utroque latere, tamquam remis, ita pinnis cursus avium levatur; basis autem trianguli, quam efficiunt grues, ea tamquam a puppi ventis adiuvatur; eaeque in tergo praevolantium colla et capita reponunt; quod quia ipse dux facere non potest, quia non habet, ubi nitatur, revolat, ut ipse quoque quiescat; in eius locum succedit ex his, quae adquierunt, eaque vicissitudo in omni cursu conservatur.
- Really, who can not be surprised by this (noticed by Aristotle, from whom comes most of this): that cranes, when they cross the seas looking for warmer places, make the shape of a triangle; for the air is pushed away from them by the top angle, then gradually on each side, as by oars, so the birds' course is elevated by the wings; as for the base of the triangle that cranes make, it is helped as though by winds from the stern; and they put their necks and heads in the back of those flying before them; because the leader itself cannot do this, because it doesn't have one, when it strains itself, it flies back, so that it can also rest; one of those which were resting behind it takes its place, and this changing of places is kept up for the whole journey.
- (architecture) the lowest part of the shaft of a column
- (grammar) a primitive word, root
- a track, footprint (of cattle)
- Synonym: vestīgium
Inflection edit
Note that alternative forms exist for some cases:
- baseōs for the genitive singular
- baseī for the ablative singular
- basin, basem, basidem for accusative singular
- baseis for the accusative plural
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | basis | basēs |
Genitive | basis | basium |
Dative | basī | basibus |
Accusative | basim | basēs basīs |
Ablative | basī | basibus |
Vocative | basis | basēs |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Asturian: base
- → Catalan: base
- → Danish: basis
- → Dutch: basis, base
- → English: basis
- → Dutch: base
- → Indonesian: basa
- → English: base
- → Finnish: basis
- → Galician: base
- → German: Basis
- ⇒ German: Base
- → Italian: base
- → Macedonian: база (baza)
- → Norwegian:
- Old French: base
- French: base
- → Middle English: base, bace, bas, baas, basse
- → Polish: baza
- → Portuguese: base
- → Russian: ба́за (báza), ба́зис (bázis)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: bāza
- → Spanish: base
- → Swedish: bas
- → Turkish: baz
- → Ukrainian: ба́за (báza)
References edit
- “basis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “basis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- basis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.
Noun edit
basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “basis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.
Noun edit
basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “basis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish edit
Noun edit
basis m or f same meaning (plural basis)
Further reading edit
- “basis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014