Definitions For Basis

noun

  • The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
  • A relation that provides the foundation for something
  • The most important or necessary part of something
  • Something (such as an idea or set of ideas) from which another thing develops or can develop
  • A reason for doing something
  • A fixed pattern or system for doing something

Is Bases a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
8

The word Basis is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Basis in a Sentence

  • The company does not hire employees on the basis of their race, sex, age, or religion.
  • The sole basis for the rumor is someone's overactive imagination

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