The players had to throw the ball from one to another to try to get the ball over the other team's baseline.
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Baseline
//ˈbeɪslaɪn//
Synonyms for "baseline" (4 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
56 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 底线 noun (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court)
Czech
1 entries- účaří noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
Esperanto
2 entries- baza linio noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
- bazlinio noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
Finnish
4 entries- jalkalinja noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
- lähtökohta noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
- peruslinja noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
- perusviiva noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
French
3 entries- ligne de fond noun (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court)
- ligne de fond de court noun (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court)
- référence noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
German
4 entries- Ausgangsbasis noun (engineering: something established and documented as a point of reference)
- Ausgangslage noun (engineering: something established and documented as a point of reference)
- Ausgangswert noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
- Basallinie noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
Hungarian
1 entries- alapvonal noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
Ido
1 entries- bazolineo noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
Irish
4 entries- bonnlíne noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
- bonnlíne noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
- bonnlíne noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
- bunlíne noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
Italian
1 entries- riferimento noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
Manx
3 entries- bun-linney noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
- bun-linney noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
- bun-linney noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
Persian
1 entries- خط کرسی noun (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs)
Portuguese
1 entries- referência noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
Spanish
4 entries- línea basal noun (line that is a base for measurement or for construction)
- línea base noun (engineering: something established and documented as a point of reference)
- línea de base noun (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison)
- línea de fondo noun (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court)
Swedish
1 entries- baslinje noun (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Detailed design is the work of drawing up a diagram that is capable of being manufactured from the plan set in the baseline design.
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Miss Williams is challenging the call on the left baseline. The ball was called in.
Source: tatoeba (5006446)
Without some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information, and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible.
Source: tatoeba (5761675)
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