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off-base

off-base

2 6.8
A place that is outside a military base, often used for housing
  • adjective
  • /ɔf beɪs/
translation icon : fuera de la base
  • Specialist Lopez was living in an apartment off-base with his wife and child.
  • off-base housing

I'm going to leave my house early because I lived off base and I, I left early.

Examples

  • After the training exercise, many soldiers decided to stay off-base for the weekend.

  • And, you know, he couldn't get served off base, but yet German PO WS were getting served off base.

  • This even includes any injury that occurred while the soldier was off base or while on leave.

    Blog text (33)

  • It was a quiet neighborhood where families lived off-base near the military installation.

Synonyms

off-site
vsoff-base
16 3.9

Happening away from the usual place or building

is limited to being outside a military base
offsite
vsoff-base
1 3.7

Happening away from the usual office

is limited to being outside a military base

How Far

abroad
343 1.0
downrange
  • Jargon
1 8.4
away
  • Jargon
1 7.5
off-base
2 6.8
nearby
325 1.0

Surface Forms

off-base positive

Morphology

off-base = base (transparent) = off + base

The adjective is a direct combination of 'off' + 'base' and means 'not on the base', which learners can derive from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'off' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Off-base comes from the simple parts off- meaning 'away' and base meaning 'military base'. It was used for housing or people 'away' from the base, so today off-base means located outside a military base.