base

/beɪs/ n [C] (WORD PART)

Definition

› grammar a word or word part to which prefixes and endings may be added to make new words, as in "do," the base of "redo" and "doable"

(Definition of base n (WORD PART) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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