base of operations
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4.2
- noun
- /beɪs əv ˌɑpəˈreɪʃənz/
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base de operaciones
- The team arrived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on September 6 and established a base of operations.
Examples
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The team set up their new base of operations in the warehouse to coordinate the project.
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Village whaling crews camp at an island, which is the base of operations.
Academic text (2007) -
Welcome to our new base of operations.
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This is your base of operations?
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This will be the base of operations from here on in.
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It's their base of operations.
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L.A. is kind of my base of operations.
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But the first step was to find a room, a base of operations.
Fiction book (1998) -
The following afternoon we arrived at the military base of operations at San Carlos.
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As the war came to Europe, Mainbocher shifted his base of operations from Paris to New York.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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2.2
A place where soldiers or an organization live and work
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3.0
The place where military leaders direct troops and give orders
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3.7
A base or group of buildings where soldiers live and work
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3.4
The main office where a company or group does its work
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3.5
A building where military leaders plan and control operations
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place from which operations are launched or coordinated' is directly and transparently composed from 'base' (a place/headquarters) + 'of' (indicating association) + 'operations' (planned activities). This possessive/compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Base of operations comes from soldiers and explorers: a base is the main camp where people rest, plan and send out their operations, the missions or trips they carry out. So, base of operations means 'a place used as the main starting point for activities, missions, or work'.