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OFF-BASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does off-base mean?
• OFF-BASE (adjective)
The adjective OFF-BASE has 1 sense:
1. located outside a military base
Familiarity information: OFF-BASE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located outside a military base
Context example:
off-base housing
Similar:
peripheral (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area)
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