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/əˈbeɪs//əˈbeɪs/
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Word Statistics

Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

Syllables2

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

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  • 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.

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