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/əˈbeɪs//əˈbeɪs/
🔵 Intermediate
Word Statistics
Difficulty LevelIntermediate
Standard vocabulary
Word FrequencyVery Common
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Syllables2
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
verb
1. To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
2. To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
"to abase the eye"
3. To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
Synonyms
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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