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Noun
- (countable) The basis of something, is the main ideas or parts that it is built on. <> sanadi [1], jijjige [2], tushe [3], tudun dafawa [4].
- On the basis of the information available, we have decided to cancel the project.
- There is no basis for believing that he was killed.
- Her experiences in Cambodia formed the basis for her first book.
- (countable) If something happens on a regular/daily/weekly etc. basis, it happens regularly, daily, etc. <> mai faruwa akai-akai, a kodayaushe.
- The problems are now happening on a very regular basis.
- If we are on a first-name basis, we use first names when speaking to each other. <> kiran wani ko wata da sunan farkonsu.
- Josie Parkinson and I are on a first-name basis. I call her "Josie" when I see her.