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basically in English:

1. base


Soldiers found enemy`s base.
Base jumping is an extreme sport.
Roger Miller entered the United States Army at the age of seventeen. He was sent to an army base near Atlanta, Georgia.
How many of you are there at the base?
I must needs do him that justice to declare, that I never observed in him but an abhorrence to all base things.
His remuneration consists of a base salary plus commissions.
From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.
You stand the axis on the base and then proceed to stack up each part, staggering their position.
Touch the base of the lamp once to turn it on and twice to turn it off.
I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.
On base and off, buckle your seat-belts.
Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
based on
She buys pizza bases at the supermarket because it is quicker than making them.
A base service performed for a person of very high degree may become a very honorific office; as for instance the office of a Maid of Honor or of a Lady in Waiting to the Queen, or the King's Master of the Horse or his Keeper of the Hounds.

English word "basically"(base) occurs in sets:

world building

2. ultimately


Ultimately, space flight will be beneficial to all mankind.
Ultimately, he ended up going to school.
The argument is rigorous and coherent but ultimately unconvincing.
The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.
Who is ultimately responsible for this?
The secret of Hegel's dialectic lies ultimately in this alone, that it negates theology through philosophy in order then to negate philosophy through theology.
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
So ultimately, with Tatoeba we are only building the foundations… to make the Web a better place for language learning.
Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.
He will ultimately pass the exam.

3. to introduce fundamental point



4. in the most important ways



5. to introduce the most important or fundamental point



English word "basically"(to introduce the most important or fundamental point) occurs in sets:

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