navy base
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- noun
- /ˈneɪvi beɪs/
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base naval
- The sailors stationed at the navy base trained daily to prepare for upcoming missions.
Now they've they've had a, they've had a small Navy base in northwestern Syria for decades.
- Now they've they've had a, they've had a small Navy base in northwestern Syria for decades.
- He had a clearance to get on a Navy base and he wrote on his weapon and the news pretends like they have no idea what's going on.
Examples
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Many families live on the navy base, where they have access to community events and recreational facilities.
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My question to you two geniuses is, why train foreign students so close to major military installations or navy bases?
Blog text (10) -
There's some big shindig on over at the navy base tonight.
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Navy bases in Virginia are making preparations for Hurricane Sandy.
Blog text (9) -
We received surveys from 14 Navy bases or sites in the continental United States, 6 in California, and the others in states as diverse as Washington, Texas, and Florida.
Academic text (1993) -
San Francisco is the hub for all the spokes leading to air bases, navy bases, and army posts that dot the Bay Area.
Fiction book (1997) -
The navy base played a crucial role during the naval exercises conducted in the region last summer.
Synonyms
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2.2
A place where soldiers or an organization live and work
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3.7
A base or group of buildings where soldiers live and work
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6.7
A place by the sea where navy ships and people stay and are looked after
A place on land that gives support and repairs to navy ships
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a military installation for naval vessels and operations' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'navy' (sea military service) with 'base' (operations headquarters/station). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common compositional patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Navy base comes from the image of a navy having a 'base', a home on land where ships are kept, repaired, and supplied. That's why it means 'a military place for ships and crews'.