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bases

¹ American

[bey-seez] / ˈbeɪ siz /

noun

plural of basis.

bases ² American

[bey-siz] / ˈbeɪ sɪz /

noun

plural of base.

bases ¹ British

/ ˈbeɪsiːz /

noun

the plural of basis

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bases ² British

/ ˈbeɪsɪz /

noun

the plural of base 1

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The Bruins left the bases loaded when UCF’s Sierra Humphreys made a diving catch to end the fourth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Cuba’s military infrastructure includes naval and air bases throughout the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The U.S. needs its military bases across Europe for operations in the Middle East and Africa and to access Indo-Pacific regions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The US is using Sky Map to protects one of its bases in the Middle East.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

At first, Watson tried to jam the two helices together, with the A on one strand matched with an A on the other—like bases paired with like.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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