"on base" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} on base
  1. (baseball) Having reached a base in an inning. Categories (topical): Baseball Translations (baseball): pesällä (Finnish), en base (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-on_base-en-prep_phrase-dBu9~rv2 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball': 88 3 9
  2. Located within the premises of a military base.
    Sense id: en-on_base-en-prep_phrase-RV5Yo0Bq
  3. (aviation) Flying the base leg of an approach. Categories (topical): Aviation Derived forms: on-base percentage
    Sense id: en-on_base-en-prep_phrase-GJMmQLA- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English locatives, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 18 52 Disambiguation of English locatives: 29 20 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 19 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 19 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 21 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 18 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 19 51 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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      "sense": "baseball",
      "word": "pesällä"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "baseball",
      "word": "en base"
    }
  ],
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