Used in a Sentence

basements

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for basements.

Editorial note

The simplest example is a landlord having a running businesses in his basements instead of just collecting a rent.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of basements gathered in one view.

noun

Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade

noun

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

noun

(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for basements.

noun

Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade

noun

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

noun

(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference's standings.

noun

(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.

Example sentences

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The simplest example is a landlord having a running businesses in his basements instead of just collecting a rent.

2

Then they spend their time in dark basements, watching extremist videos and working carelessly with dangerous tools.

3

Only after their death were they appreciated for what they did in their figurative basements.

4

Precisely the time you'd need the backup generators was when the basements were flooding.

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I always remember the backup generators in New Orleans that were put in the basements.

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The image of hacker at that time was still of neckbearded manchildren renting their parents basements and people didn't feel like computers could hurt them.

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Transform people's basements into small warehouses, complete with autonomous robots.

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The brave pioneers of 4chan are the Magellans of media desensitization, who abandon the grim reality of their parents' basements to wallow in infinite, recursively self-referential filth.

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To put it in your terms, we're not saying you should build 11 spare basements because you've got the concrete guys on-site today.

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Obviously they just need taller buildings with deeper basements.

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War has started, big guys are ok with people playing with toys in their basements, but want to make it illegal for small guys to compete with them.

12

Where rents are low and fire regulations unheard of, his minute, cluttered workshops may be discovered in the basements of apartment houses or in the upper storeys of derelict shops.

Quote examples

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In central London, there are a large number of "iceberg houses", with basements far bigger than the original house.

2

So yes, I think it is fair to say that "hacking has left teenage basements".

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> "hacking has left teenage basements and has become weaponized and used by governments around the world" Source?

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> > "hacking has left teenage basements and has become weaponized and used by governments around the world" > Source?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use basements in a sentence?

The simplest example is a landlord having a running businesses in his basements instead of just collecting a rent.

What does basements mean?

Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade

What part of speech is basements?

basements is commonly used as noun.