How to pronounce“basis”in English
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Definitions of “basis”
A physical base or foundation.
“1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271, Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent; Mountain on mountain thrown, With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!”
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
“I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.”
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