🇬🇧 Base meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To base somewhere means to choose one place as your main “home spot” for living, working, or doing business. You might travel to other places, but you always come back to that main place. That place is your base, like your headquarters or your home station.

The ice‑cream truck driver bases himself outside our school, which is why nobody can think about math anymore.

The detective decided to base above the bakery so he could “investigate” fresh donuts every morning.

Our dog bases in the kitchen, because that’s where the food bowl lives and therefore where happiness lives.

The royal pigeons base on the statue in the park, which the statue is definitely not happy about.

Penguins base in Antarctica to study ice and fish; they say the dress code is ‘formal tuxedo’ all year long.

I base my small shop in a red van by the sea. We base our art in the back of the van. They base their coffee cart next door, and we base our stall beside them. You base your bread oven in the street. We laugh, close the doors, and sleep where we base.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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