baseline
pronunciation
How to pronounce baseline in British English:
UK [ˈbeɪslaɪn]
How to pronounce baseline in American English:
US [ˈbeɪslaɪn]
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- Noun:
- an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
- the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
- the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
Word Origin
- baseline (n.)
- also base-line, 1750, originally in surveying, from base (n.) + line (n.). Baseball diamond sense is from 1867. Baseline estimate in use by 1983.
Example
- 1. Patients were assessed at baseline and after each ect session .
- 2. They don 't know your baseline .
- 3. Inflation would be 1 % above the baseline by the third year .
- 4. The baseline to measure improvement is 1990 .
- 5. Also round forms have to exceed the baseline to be optically the same .