| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A center of organization, supply, or activity: complex, headquarters, station. Military : installation. See PLACE. 2. The lowest or supporting part or structure: basis, bed, bottom, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, seat, substratum, underpinning (often used in plural). See OVER. 3. A fundamental principle or underlying concept: basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, fundamental, root1, rudiment (often used in plural). See OVER. 4. That on which something immaterial, such as an argument or a charge, rests: basis, footing, foundation, fundament, ground (often used in plural), groundwork, underpinning (often used in plural). See OVER. 5. The main part of a word to which affixes are attached: root1, stem, theme. See WORDS. | | VERB: | To provide a basis for: build, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest1, root1, underpin. See OVER.
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