prisoner's base

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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ˈprɪ.zə.nərz ˈbeɪs/
- /ˈprɪ.zə.nərz beɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈprɪ.zə.nərz ˈbeɪs/

Definitions of prisoner's base words

noun prisoner's base any of various children's games in which each of two teams has a home base where members of the opposing team are kept prisoner after being tagged or caught and from which they can be freed only in specified ways. 1
noun prisoner's base a children's game involving two teams, members of which chase and capture each other to increase the number of children in their own base 0
noun prisoner's base a children's game in which each side has a base to which captured opponents are brought 0

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Origin of prisoner's base

First appearance:

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

1590-1600; compare late Middle English bace prisoner's base, perhaps from the phrase bringen bas to lay low, cause to surrender; later taken as an assimilated form of bars, plural of bar1, or as base1 (though the sense “goal or starting point” originated with this game)

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Parts of speech for Prisoner's base

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prisoner's base popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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