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adj
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the most important or necessary part of something
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (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.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A regular frequency.
- (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.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
- a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
- (figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
- Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
- A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
verb
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
adv
adj
noun
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- An intention or prospect.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- (physical) Visual perception.
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A wake.
- The range of vision.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A mental image.
- purpose; the phrase ‘with a view to’ means ‘with the intention of’ or ‘for the purpose of’
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the range of the eye
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- outward appearance
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the visual percept of a region
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
verb
noun
verb
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
- create by linking linguistic units
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- reassemble mentally
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- make by combining materials and parts
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
noun
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
noun
- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
- (rugby) Synonym of field goal.
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
noun
- Initialism of Scenario Analysis.
- Initialism of surface area.
- Initialism of social anxiety.
- Initialism of sexual assault.
- Initialism of small arms.
- Initialism of Sustainability Analysis.
- Initialism of simulated annealing.
- Initialism of sex appeal.
- Initialism of salicylic acid.
- Initialism of special agent.
- Initialism of sexual abuse.
- Initialism of situational awareness or situation awareness.
- Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
adj
name
- Initialism of San Andreas.
- Abbreviation of North Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia.
- Initialism of South America: a continent.
- Initialism of Stage Accompany.
- Initialism of Saudi Arabia: a country in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula.
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio: a city in Texas, United States.
- Initialism of South Australia: a state of Australia.
- Initialism of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa.
- Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.
verb
verb
- formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
- change the plans for the use of (land)
- develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
- (transitive, photography) To intensify by a second process.
- (software, transitive) To reprogram (an app).
- (transitive) To convert a neighbourhood by demolishing old buildings and building new ones, or by renovating existing ones.
verb
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
noun
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
adj
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
adv
prep_phrase
noun
adj
name
noun
- a fundamental or central idea
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- the principal theme in a speech or literary work
- (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
- A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
- The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
verb
noun
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
- (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
- (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
- A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- A network of interconnected systems.
adj
- difficult to analyze or understand
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
verb
noun
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
- (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
- A mixture of different components.
- (fraternities) A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.
- (school yearbook) The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- (mathematics) A function of a function.
- (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
- (uncommon) A segment, subset.
- (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
- (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
adj
- of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
- consisting of separate interconnected parts
- (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
- (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
- (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
verb
noun
- (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
- A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
- A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
- A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
- One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
- A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
- A fortune-teller.
- (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
- A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
- (cryptocurrencies) A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.
- a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
- an authoritative person who divines the future
- a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
verb
adj
- (figuratively, derogatory) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
- (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
noun
adj
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
noun
verb
- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
- express a supposition
- expect, believe, or suppose
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
noun
- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- the underlying structure
- a structure supporting or containing something
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the most important or necessary part of something
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (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.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A regular frequency.
- (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.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
- a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
- (figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
- Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
- A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
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- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
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- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- An intention or prospect.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- (physical) Visual perception.
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A wake.
- The range of vision.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A mental image.
- purpose; the phrase ‘with a view to’ means ‘with the intention of’ or ‘for the purpose of’
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the range of the eye
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- outward appearance
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the visual percept of a region
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
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- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
- create by linking linguistic units
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- reassemble mentally
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- make by combining materials and parts
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
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- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
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- One who forms theories; a theorist.
- One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
- (business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
- (rugby) Synonym of field goal.
- someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
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- Initialism of Scenario Analysis.
- Initialism of surface area.
- Initialism of social anxiety.
- Initialism of sexual assault.
- Initialism of small arms.
- Initialism of Sustainability Analysis.
- Initialism of simulated annealing.
- Initialism of sex appeal.
- Initialism of salicylic acid.
- Initialism of special agent.
- Initialism of sexual abuse.
- Initialism of situational awareness or situation awareness.
- Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
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- Initialism of San Andreas.
- Abbreviation of North Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia.
- Initialism of South America: a continent.
- Initialism of Stage Accompany.
- Initialism of Saudi Arabia: a country in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula.
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio: a city in Texas, United States.
- Initialism of South Australia: a state of Australia.
- Initialism of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa.
- Abbreviation of Sturmabteilung.
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- a fundamental or central idea
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- the principal theme in a speech or literary work
- (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
- A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
- The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
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- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
- (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
- (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
- A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- A network of interconnected systems.
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- difficult to analyze or understand
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
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- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
- (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
- A mixture of different components.
- (fraternities) A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.
- (school yearbook) The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- (mathematics) A function of a function.
- (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
- (uncommon) A segment, subset.
- (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
- (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
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- of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
- consisting of separate interconnected parts
- (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
- (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
- (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
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- (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
- A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
- A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
- A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
- One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
- A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
- A fortune-teller.
- (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
- A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
- (cryptocurrencies) A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.
- a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
- an authoritative person who divines the future
- a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
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- (figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
- (literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
- (figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
- (software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
- (grammar) An established and structured system of rules and principles used for analyzing and describing the structure of a language.
- (literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- the underlying structure
- a structure supporting or containing something
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- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
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- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
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- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
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- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- make visible by means of chemical solutions
- change the use of and make available or usable
- work out
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- grow emotionally or mature
- create by training and teaching
- make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- become technologically advanced
- expand in the form of a series
- happen
- be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- gain through experience
- generate gradually
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- move into a strategically more advantageous position
- (transitive) To create.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
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- formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
- change the plans for the use of (land)
- develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
- (transitive, photography) To intensify by a second process.
- (software, transitive) To reprogram (an app).
- (transitive) To convert a neighbourhood by demolishing old buildings and building new ones, or by renovating existing ones.
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- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
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- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
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- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
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- (figuratively, derogatory) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
- (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
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- (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
- (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
- (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
- (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
- express a supposition
- expect, believe, or suppose
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand
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- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.