Basis and Guide

Basis

Basis noun - An immaterial thing upon which something else rests.

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Guide and basis are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guide" instead a noun "Basis".

Nearby Word: basic

Guide noun - One that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy.

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Basis and guide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Basis" instead a noun "Guide".

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

good	good basis	good guide
similar	similar basis	similar guide
complete	complete basis	complete guide
original	original basis	original guide
Other adjectives: friendly, actual, entire, real, little, main, major, general.

The entire basis of If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device is that the Adeptus Mechanicus installs a text-to-speech device into the Golden Throne so the God-Emperor of Mankind can guide Imperium once more.

Source: Suddenly Voiced
The Galactic government of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is running on a basis that's pretty close to this trope in spirit.

Source: Regent for Life
In 2013, CBS bought a stake in the channel, which rebranded as "TVGN" on an interim basis (TVG, a horse racing network, was formerly TV Guide Network's sister network, so there was good reason for it to get a better name to avert confusion).

Source: Network Decay / Total Abandonment

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