operating base

collocation in English

meaningsofoperatingandbase

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operating
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈɑː.pər.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
businessspecialized
relating to the main business activities of ...
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base
noun
uk
/beɪs/us
/beɪs/
the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part ...
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(Definition ofoperatingandbasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The airfield is designated as a forwardoperatingbasefor these aircraft.
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The flying-boatoperatingbasecan be of the utmost simplicity.
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Where is the provision which states that a suitableoperatingbasemust be found?
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However, the station is often used as a temporaryoperatingbaseand this practice is expected to continue.
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In other words, they cannot set up anoperatingbaseor a fish processing plant in those countries.
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A forwardoperatingbaseis named in his honor.
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It was used as the squadron's mainoperatingbase.
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As part of the planned rundown to minor war vesseloperatingbasestatus, we had, sadly, to announce up to 155 redundancies.
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This is likely to become a troubled question, as no airline welcomes the prospect of having a split operation or indeed a splitoperatingbase.
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We intend to redeploy these air craft in a period of threat and tension to their forward operating bases away from the mainoperatingbase.
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The first is a check of theoperatingbaseitself—loads, trim sheets, training records, and so on—and also checks of aircraft.
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Since it was altered to a minor war vesseloperatingbasein 1991, it has achieved far greater savings than anticipated.
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It was built as a forwardoperatingbasefor wartime use.
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The port is used as anoperatingbasefor all of its oceanographic vessels and platforms.
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Additional troops and supplies were soon brought through this forwardoperatingbase.
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From this date, it will be used as a forwardoperatingbase, activated as and when required, as well as a permanent base for search and rescue operations.
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The start of the naval run-down was delayed and its period extended to 1967 with the object of easing the transition to a forwardoperatingbase.
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They reluctantly returned to their forwardoperatingbaseto rest and hope they would be more successful the next night.
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These expeditionary air wings consist of the deployable elements of the mainoperatingbaseand other supplementary forces.
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The groups squadrons operated in two flights, each patrolling a sector on either side of itsoperatingbase.
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Baggage trains should be regarded with utmost care as they contain the ingredients to make a forwardoperatingbasefunction, including servants and children.
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Originally used as a forward operating location during exercises and wartime, it was converted into a mainoperatingbaseduring the 1970s.
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If he was persuaded to visit the memorial wall, he will survive the crash and can be contacted at the forwardoperatingbase.
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