"basis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪ.sɪs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbæɪ.sɪs/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-basis.ogg [US] Forms: bases [plural], baseis [plural, rare], basises [nonstandard, plural]
enPR: bāʹsĭs [General-Australian] Rhymes: -eɪsɪs Etymology: From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (whence also come). Doublet of base. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}}, {{der|en|la|basis}} Latin basis, {{der|en|grc|βάσις}} Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷémtis}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷem-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-, {{m|en|come}} come, {{doublet|en|base}} Doublet of base Head templates: {{en-noun|bases|baseis|+|pl2qual=rare|pl3qual=nonstandard}} basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)
  1. A physical base or foundation. Translations (physical base or foundation): pohja (Finnish), perusta (Finnish), perustus (Finnish), Fundament [neuter] (German), בסיס (basís) [masculine] (Hebrew), fondamenta (Italian), baze (Kabuverdianu), bazi (Kabuverdianu), fundāmen [neuter] (Latin), основа́ние (osnovánije) [neuter] (Russian), фунда́мент (fundáment) [masculine] (Russian), धरुण (dharuṇa) [neuter] (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-wgW2~e63 Disambiguation of 'physical base or foundation': 80 16 1 0 1 1 0 1
  2. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis. Synonyms (starting point for discussion): base Translations (starting point for an argument): βάσις (básis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), əsas (Azerbaijani), асно́ва (asnóva) [feminine] (Belarusian), и́зходен пункт (ízhoden punkt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), basis [feminine] (Dutch), lähtökohta (english: starting point) (Finnish), peruste (english: foundation) (Finnish), base [feminine] (French), Basis [feminine] (German), Grundlage [feminine] (German), βάση (vási) [feminine] (Greek), आधार (ādhār) [masculine] (Hindi), alap (Hungarian), base [feminine] (Italian), 根拠 (konkyo) (alt: こんきょ) (Japanese), baze (Kabuverdianu), bazi (Kabuverdianu), 바탕 (batang) (Korean), تمل (temel) (Ottoman Turkish), اساس (asâs) (Persian), podstawa [feminine] (Polish), base [feminine] (Portuguese), fundamento [masculine] (Portuguese), bază [feminine] (Romanian), осно́ва (osnóva) [feminine] (Russian), основа́ние (osnovánije) [neuter] (Russian), фунда́мент (fundáment) [masculine] (Russian), base [feminine] (Spanish), fundamento [masculine] (Spanish), grund [common-gender] (Swedish), basis [common-gender] (Swedish), batayan (Tagalog), осно́ва (osnóva) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-O13UGGL~ Disambiguation of 'starting point for discussion': 1 78 3 0 5 7 2 4 Disambiguation of 'starting point for an argument': 1 82 2 0 4 5 2 4
  3. An underlying condition or circumstance. Translations (underlying condition): قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) [feminine] (Arabic), أَسَاس (ʔasās) [masculine] (Arabic), əsas (Azerbaijani), ба́за (báza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), осно́ва (osnóva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), base [feminine] (Catalan), 基礎 (Chinese Mandarin), 基础 (jīchǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), basis [feminine] (Dutch), peruste (Finnish), base [feminine] (French), Basis [feminine] (German), Grundlage [feminine] (German), alap (Hungarian), base [feminine] (Italian), 基礎 (kiso) (alt: きそ) (Japanese), bazi (Kabuverdianu), baze (Kabuverdianu), 밑바탕 (mitbatang) (Korean), 기초 (gicho) (alt: 基礎) (Korean), تمل (temel) (Ottoman Turkish), fundamento [masculine] (Portuguese), bază [feminine] (Romanian), ба́за (báza) [feminine] (Russian), осно́ва (osnóva) (Russian), ба́зис (bázis) [masculine] (Russian), base [feminine] (Spanish), fundamento [masculine] (Spanish), batayan (Tagalog), ścmoñña (Tocharian B), ба́за (báza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), баз́ис (baźys) [masculine] (Ukrainian), осно́ва (osnóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cơ sở (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-OAnKYq3r Disambiguation of 'underlying condition': 2 4 76 0 6 4 4 4
  4. A regular frequency. Translations (regular frequency): -ttain (Finnish), joka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-1PgFDifU Disambiguation of 'regular frequency': 0 1 0 98 1 0 0 0
  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. Categories (topical): Agriculture, Trading Translations (agriculture: difference between cash price and futures price): basis (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-Y2fX9Kf~ Topics: agriculture, business, finance, lifestyle, trading Disambiguation of 'agriculture: difference between cash price and futures price': 0 2 1 0 63 24 1 9
  6. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space. Categories (topical): Linear algebra Translations (linearly independent, spanning set of vectors): բազիս (bazis) (Armenian), oinarri (Basque), basis [common-gender] (Danish), basis [feminine] (Dutch), baas (Estonian), kanta (Finnish), base [feminine] (French), Basis [feminine] (German), bázis (Hungarian), base [feminine] (Italian), 基底 (kitei) (alt: きてい) (Japanese), base [feminine] (Portuguese), bază [feminine] (Romanian), ба́зис (bázis) [masculine] (Russian), base [feminine] (Spanish), bas [common-gender] (Swedish), temel (Turkish), taban (Turkish), баз́ис (baźys) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-AWpt4ELa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 3 0 23 43 2 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 5 3 0 16 47 2 26 Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linearly independent, spanning set of vectors': 1 2 1 0 11 68 1 16
  7. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses. Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (accounting: amount paid for an investment): hankintameno (Finnish), cifra [feminine] (Italian), ammontare [masculine] (Italian), cifra base (Italian), ammontare base (Italian), 밑천 (mitcheon) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-AwhcBvrn Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'accounting: amount paid for an investment': 1 3 3 0 6 3 81 2
  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. Categories (topical): Topology Translations (topology: collection of subsets): kanta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-basis-en-noun-piZbPy1r Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology Disambiguation of 'topology: collection of subsets': 2 5 3 0 6 13 2 69
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Inflected forms

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      "roman": "jīchǔ",
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      "word": "基础"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "basis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "peruste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Basis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "alap"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きそ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kiso",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "基礎"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "bazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "baze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mitbatang",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "밑바탕"
    },
    {
      "alt": "基礎",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gicho",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "기초"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "temel",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "تمل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fundamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bază"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "báza",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osnóva",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "осно́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bázis",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fundamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "batayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "ścmoñña"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "báza",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "baźys",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "баз́ис"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osnóva",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осно́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "underlying condition",
      "word": "cơ sở"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "regular frequency",
      "word": "-ttain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "regular frequency",
      "word": "joka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agriculture: difference between cash price and futures price",
      "word": "basis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bazis",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "բազիս"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "oinarri"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "basis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "basis"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "baas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "kanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Basis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "bázis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きてい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitei",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "基底"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bază"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bázis",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "temel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "word": "taban"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "baźys",
      "sense": "linearly independent, spanning set of vectors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "баз́ис"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accounting: amount paid for an investment",
      "word": "hankintameno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accounting: amount paid for an investment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cifra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accounting: amount paid for an investment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ammontare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accounting: amount paid for an investment",
      "word": "cifra base"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accounting: amount paid for an investment",
      "word": "ammontare base"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mitcheon",
      "sense": "accounting: amount paid for an investment",
      "word": "밑천"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "topology: collection of subsets",
      "word": "kanta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "basis"
}

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