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base level

noun

Geology.
  1. the lowest level to which running water can erode the land.


base level

noun

  1. the lowest level to which a land surface can be eroded by streams, which is, ultimately, sea level
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of base level1

First recorded in 1870–75
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On a base level, these two friends make mistakes and are there to help each other clean them up; Helen and Sam just happen to be spies, too.

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Andy Carter, a former Conservative MP who sat on Parliament's Standards Committee, told the BBC that registering interests was a "base level responsibility of MPs" and that Sir Keir "has form on this".

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We should never underestimate the impact of financial strain and material lack on mental health; I firmly believe that if everyone had a base level of resources, all of us would have greater ability to make deep meaningful connections with others — if only for the fact that we wouldn’t be so exhausted all the time.

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At a base level, buildings are fortified with thicker beams, pillars, and walls to better withstand shaking.

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And even as a libertarian, somebody who doesn’t think the government should do all that much, that still seems like a pretty reasonable thing for the government to do—to provide that sort of base level for people to stay out of old-age destitution.

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