BASIS (bases)

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Irregular inflected form: bases   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does basis mean? 

• BASIS (noun)
  The noun BASIS has 3 senses:

1. a relation that provides the foundation for something

2. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

3. the most important or necessary part of something

  Familiarity information: BASIS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relation that provides the foundation for something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

basis; footing; ground

Context example:

he worked on an interim basis

Hypernyms ("basis" is a kind of...):

foundation (the basis on which something is grounded)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basis"):

common ground (a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

base; basis; cornerstone; foundation; fundament; groundwork

Context example:

the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture

Hypernyms ("basis" is a kind of...):

assumption; supposal; supposition (a hypothesis that is taken for granted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basis"):

meat and potatoes (the fundamental part)

Holonyms ("basis" is a part of...):

explanation (thought that makes something comprehensible)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The most important or necessary part of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

base; basis

Context example:

the basis of this drink is orange juice

Hypernyms ("basis" is a kind of...):

component; component part; constituent; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)

 Context examples 

The human MIR106B wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 7q22.1 and is 81 bases in length.

(MIR106B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The human MIR107 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 10q23.31 and is approximately 80 bases in length.

(MIR107 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Research shows that autism likely has a genetic basis.

(Children’s visual engagement is heritable and altered in autism, National Institutes of Health)

That may not sound like a lot, but a calorie reduction of 5 percent can be quite significant on a daily basis.

(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

According to their calculations, 360 leaves, each 1.7 meters long and 0.2 meters wide, would produce close to a half-ton of carbon monoxide per day that could be used as the basis for synthetic fuels.

(Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 to Fuel 10 Times More Efficient Than Nature, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The human MIR106A wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of Xq26.2 and is approximately 80 bases in length.

(MIR106A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Members of the Arf GEP family can be grouped into two major subfamilies on the basis of their sequence similarities and functional differences.

(ADP-Ribosylation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The human MIR1-1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 20q13.33 and is 70 bases in length.

(MIR1-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The human MIR101-1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 1p31.3 and is approximately 74 bases in length.

(MIR101-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MIR10B wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 2q31.1 and is 109 bases in length.

(MIR10B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)