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ON BASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on base mean?
• ON BASE (adverb)
The adverb ON BASE has 1 sense:
1. on first or second or third base
Familiarity information: ON BASE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
On first or second or third base
Synonyms:
on base; aboard
Context example:
Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
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