German

Noun

Basis f ‎(genitive Basis, plural Basen)

1. basis (foundation, principle)
2. (military) base
3. (mathematics) basis

Synonyms

• (foundation, principle): Grundlage
• (military): Stützpunkt

Derived terms

• Orthonormalbasis
• Vektorraumbasis

Related terms

• basieren

English

Noun

basis ‎(plural bases)

1. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
2. An underlying condition or circumstance.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)

     Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.

3. A regular frequency.

   You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.

   The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.

   Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.

4. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
5. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
6. (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.

   The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.‎

Usage notes

• The construction "on a daily/weekly/etc. basis" is usually an unnecessarily-wordy substitute for simply "daily/weekly/etc."

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (starting point for discussion): base

Translations

References

1. 1 2 “basis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• absis
• isbas

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

basis f ‎(plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisonderwijs
• basisschool
• thuisbasis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις ‎(básis, “foundation, base”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈba.sɪs]

Noun

basis f ‎(genitive basis); third declension

1. A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation.
2. (architecture) The lowest part of the shaft of a column.
3. (grammar) The primitive word, root.
4. (of cattle) A track, footprint.

Inflection

Note that there are the alternative forms baseos for the genitive singular basis, baseī for the ablative singular, basin for accusative singular (botanical Latin), and baseis for the accusative plural. Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Synonyms

• (basis, foundation): rādīx
• (pedestal, base): crepīdō
• (track, footprint): vestīgium

Derived terms

• basella
• basicula
• basilāris

Related terms

• antibasis

Descendants

• English: base, basis
• French: base
• Italian: base
• Russian: ба́за f ‎(báza), ба́зис m ‎(bázis)
• Spanish: base

References

• basis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• basis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “basis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις ‎(básis)

Noun

basis m ‎(definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisår
• verdensbasis

References

• “basis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις ‎(básis)

Noun

basis m ‎(definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisår

References

• “basis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.