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  • present tense form of base (3rd person singular).
  • plural of basis.
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bases

1 American  
[bay-seez] / ˈbeɪ siz /

noun

  1. plural of basis.


bases 2 American  
[bay-siz] / ˈbeɪ sɪz /

noun

  1. plural of base.


bases 1 British  
/ ˈbeɪsiːz /

noun

  1. the plural of basis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bases 2 British  
/ ˈbeɪsɪz /

noun

  1. the plural of base 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As the PKK process has advanced, the Kurdish militants destroyed weapons at a symbolic ceremony last year, and this month, withdrew from four key bases in northern Iraq in a move confirmed by Turkish intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, where the fire broke out, is one of the country's busiest military training bases.

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We certainly didn’t have all those bases covered when we moved to Cuenca, Ecuador, 16 years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

With the bases loaded, it was up to Smith, who had gone 1-for-25 in the postseason to that point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A buzzer sounded at over two hundred bases, alerting personnel that the commander was on the line.

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