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basis

See also: Basis

English

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Etymology

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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

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enPR: bāʹsĭs

Noun

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basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)

  1. 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!
    • 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.
  2. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. (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
  6. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
  7. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
  8. (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

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  • (starting point for discussion): base

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Translations

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “basis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

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Catalan

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Verb

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basis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of basar

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs). Doublet of base, and also related to komme, from the same ultimate source.

Noun

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basis

  1. (linear algebra) basis

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of base. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *gʷḿ̥tis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː.zəs/, /ˈbaː.zɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sis

Noun

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basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)

  1. basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)
  2. base (lower portion, foundation)
  3. Obsolete form of base (“base, alkali”).

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: basis
  • → Sranan Tongo: basis

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin basis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑsis/, [ˈbɑ̝s̠is̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsis
  • Syllabification(key): ba‧sis
  • Hyphenation(key): ba‧sis

Noun

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basis

  1. basis, base

Declension

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Inflection of basis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of basis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative basikseni basikseni
accusative nom. basikseni basikseni
gen. basikseni
genitive basikseni basisteni
basiksieni
partitive basistani basiksiani
inessive basiksessani basiksissani
elative basiksestani basiksistani
illative basikseeni basiksiini
adessive basiksellani basiksillani
ablative basikseltani basiksiltani
allative basikselleni basiksilleni
essive basiksenani basiksinani
translative basiksekseni basiksikseni
abessive basiksettani basiksittani
instructive — —
comitative — basiksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative basiksesi basiksesi
accusative nom. basiksesi basiksesi
gen. basiksesi
genitive basiksesi basistesi
basiksiesi
partitive basistasi basiksiasi
inessive basiksessasi basiksissasi
elative basiksestasi basiksistasi
illative basikseesi basiksiisi
adessive basiksellasi basiksillasi
ablative basikseltasi basiksiltasi
allative basiksellesi basiksillesi
essive basiksenasi basiksinasi
translative basikseksesi basiksiksesi
abessive basiksettasi basiksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — basiksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative basiksemme basiksemme
accusative nom. basiksemme basiksemme
gen. basiksemme
genitive basiksemme basistemme
basiksiemme
partitive basistamme basiksiamme
inessive basiksessamme basiksissamme
elative basiksestamme basiksistamme
illative basikseemme basiksiimme
adessive basiksellamme basiksillamme
ablative basikseltamme basiksiltamme
allative basiksellemme basiksillemme
essive basiksenamme basiksinamme
translative basikseksemme basiksiksemme
abessive basiksettamme basiksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — basiksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative basiksenne basiksenne
accusative nom. basiksenne basiksenne
gen. basiksenne
genitive basiksenne basistenne
basiksienne
partitive basistanne basiksianne
inessive basiksessanne basiksissanne
elative basiksestanne basiksistanne
illative basikseenne basiksiinne
adessive basiksellanne basiksillanne
ablative basikseltanne basiksiltanne
allative basiksellenne basiksillenne
essive basiksenanne basiksinanne
translative basikseksenne basiksiksenne
abessive basiksettanne basiksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — basiksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative basiksensa basiksensa
accusative nom. basiksensa basiksensa
gen. basiksensa
genitive basiksensa basistensa
basiksiensa
partitive basistaan
basistansa 		basiksiaan
basiksiansa
inessive basiksessaan
basiksessansa 		basiksissaan
basiksissansa
elative basiksestaan
basiksestansa 		basiksistaan
basiksistansa
illative basikseensa basiksiinsa
adessive basiksellaan
basiksellansa 		basiksillaan
basiksillansa
ablative basikseltaan
basikseltansa 		basiksiltaan
basiksiltansa
allative basikselleen
basiksellensa 		basiksilleen
basiksillensa
essive basiksenaan
basiksenansa 		basiksinaan
basiksinansa
translative basiksekseen
basikseksensa 		basiksikseen
basiksiksensa
abessive basiksettaan
basiksettansa 		basiksittaan
basiksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — basiksineen
basiksinensa

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Dutch basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basa.

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basis (plural basis-basis)

  1. basis, base
    Synonyms: asas, dasar
  2. basis:
    1. (mathematics) in a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space
  3. base:
    1. (electronics) the name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT)
      Synonym: tapak (Standard Malay)
    2. (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
    3. (military) headquarter: permanent structure for housing military
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Dutch bassist (“bassist”).

Noun

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basis (plural basis-basis)

  1. (music) bassist: a musician playing a bass; esp. a bass guitarist

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs, “stepping, step; foot; base, pedestal”).

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basis f (genitive basis); third declension

  1. (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.
    1. (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 ...
  2. (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.
  3. (architecture) the lowest part of the shaft of a column
  4. (grammar) a primitive word, root
  5. a track, footprint (of cattle)
    Synonym: vestīgium
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Inflection

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Note that alternative forms exist for some cases:

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

singular plural
nominative basis basēs
genitive basis basium
dative basī basibus
accusative basim basēs
basīs
ablative basī basibus
vocative basis basēs

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References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.

Noun

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basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)

  1. basis
  2. base

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.

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basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)

  1. basis
  2. base

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Spanish

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Noun

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basis m or f same meaning (plural basis)

  1. basis

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