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basis

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice"

Synonyms:

• Anschauung,
• a priori principle,
• affirmation,
• ambition,
• angle,
• angle of vision,
• antecedents,
• apriorism,
• aspiration,
• assertion,
• assumed position,
• assumption,
• axiom,
• base,
• basement,
• bearing wall,
• bed,
• bedding,
• bedrock,
• bottom,
• burden,
• call,
• calling,
• case,
• categorical proposition,
• causation,
• cause,
• cause and effect,
• chapter,
• concern,
• consideration,
• data,
• determinant,
• determinative,
• element,
• essence,
• etiology,
• eye,
• factor,
• first principles,
• floor,
• flooring,
• focus of attention,
• focus of interest,
• fond,
• footing,
• foundation,
• frame of reference,
• framework,
• fundament,
• fundamental,
• gist,
• goal,
• good reason,
• ground,
• grounds,
• groundwork,
• guiding light,
• guiding star,
• hardpan,
• head,
• heading,
• heart,
• hypothesis,
• hypothesis ad hoc,
• ideal,
• infrastructure,
• inspiration,
• intention,
• issue,
• justification,
• law,
• lemma,
• light,
• line of departure,
• living issue,
• lodestar,
• main point,
• mainspring,
• major premise,
• material basis,
• matter,
• matter in hand,
• meat,
• mental outlook,
• minor premise,
• motif,
• motive,
• occasion,
• outlook,
• pavement,
• philosopheme,
• philosophical proposition,
• place,
• point,
• point at issue,
• point in question,
• point of departure,
• point of view,
• port of embarkation,
• position,
• postulate,
• postulation,
• postulatum,
• premise,
• presumption,
• presupposition,
• principle,
• problem,
• proposition,
• propositional function,
• question,
• radical,
• reason,
• reference system,
• regard,
• respect,
• rest,
• right,
• riprap,
• rock bottom,
• root,
• rubric,
• rudiment,
• sake,
• score,
• seat,
• side,
• sight,
• sill,
• situation,
• slant,
• solid ground,
• solid rock,
• source,
• spring,
• stand,
• standpoint,
• start,
• starting gate,
• starting place,
• starting point,
• starting post,
• statement,
• stereobate,
• stimulus,
• stylobate,
• subject,
• subject matter,
• subject of thought,
• substance,
• substratum,
• substruction,
• substructure,
• sumption,
• supposal,
• system,
• takeoff,
• terra firma,
• text,
• theme,
• theorem,
• thesis,
• topic,
• truth table,
• truth-function,
• truth-value,
• ulterior motive,
• underbuilding,
• undercarriage,
• undergirding,
• underpinning,
• understruction,
• understructure,
• universe,
• view,
• viewpoint,
• vocation,
• warrant