Baseline
noun
A reference point used for comparison.
We will use last year's sales as a baseline for this year's sales goal.
Often appears as...
- baseline data
- baseline measurement
noun
The starting point in a project or plan.
The project's baseline plan outlines all the tasks and their deadlines.
Often appears as...
- project baseline
- baseline assessment
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Technical
noun
A line in sports where the field of play ends.
The tennis player hit a winner from the baseline.
Often appears as...
- tennis baseline
- basketball baseline
noun
A line in surveying from which measurements are made.
The surveying team used a baseline for their measurements.
Often appears as...
- establish a baseline
- baseline survey
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Technical
noun
A reference point used for comparison.
We will use last year's sales as a baseline for this year's sales goal.
Often appears as...
- baseline data
- baseline measurement
noun
The starting point in a project or plan.
The project's baseline plan outlines all the tasks and their deadlines.
Often appears as...
- project baseline
- baseline assessment
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A line in sports where the field of play ends.
The tennis player hit a winner from the baseline.
Often appears as...
- tennis baseline
- basketball baseline
noun
A line in surveying from which measurements are made.
The surveying team used a baseline for their measurements.
Often appears as...
- establish a baseline
- baseline survey
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Performance Gauge
Used to measure and compare current performance against a known value.
Her improvement in English was above the baseline set by her initial test.
Pro Tip 2/2Expectation Setter
Helps in setting realistic goals or expectations based on previous data.
The teacher set a baseline for each student's progress for the semester.
Pro Tip 1/2Performance Gauge
Used to measure and compare current performance against a known value.
Her improvement in English was above the baseline set by her initial test.
Pro Tip 2/2Expectation Setter
Helps in setting realistic goals or expectations based on previous data.
The teacher set a baseline for each student's progress for the semester.
Pro Tip 1/2Performance Gauge
Used to measure and compare current performance against a known value.
Her improvement in English was above the baseline set by her initial test.
Pro Tip 2/2Expectation Setter
Helps in setting realistic goals or expectations based on previous data.
The teacher set a baseline for each student's progress for the semester.
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that were assigned to read just a nonpolitical essay. It was just a comparison group so we could get a baseline. And what we found when we surveyed people about their environmental attitudes afterwards, we found that liberals, it didn't matter what essay they read. They tended to have highly pro-environmental attitudes regardless. Liberals are on board for environmental protection. Conservatives, however,
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When The World Gets 1℃...
degrees celsius temperatures so it doesn't mean to say that every single weather event is due to climate change but what climate change does mean is that with the baseline climate having changed then the frequency of the extreme temperatures is increasing and that has a substantial effect
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Why some people find...
and perhaps difficult to see. We thought that this strategy would help make the exercise look easier. We compared this group to a baseline group. To this group we said, just look around the environment as you naturally would. You will notice the finish line, but you might also notice
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Why does your voice...
These longer folds have slower, larger vibrations, which result in a lower baseline pitch. This growth is especially dramatic in many males, whose high testosterone levels lead first to voice cracks, and then to deeper, more booming voices,
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The Vaporizer PIPE American...
going to assist you in your medication today when you use the vaporizer the onset is going to be very quickly and you're going to be in it for a while and so what is important about today is that we find a baseline that we get an idea
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
the way down to a baseline that is really uh workable in the sense so that when you try to open the country which we inevitably have to do i mean we can't just be locked down forever because of the deleterious consequences of that
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How to live and act (and...
there's the baseline understanding of new technology think of this as network nology and the technology is important because it makes the the network's tangible in completely new ways they were always there but now they're
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Can loud music damage...
Getting a baseline understanding of your hearing is essential to protecting your auditory system. Just like our eyes and teeth, our ears also need annual check-ups. Not all communities have access to audiologists,
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What’s that ringing in...
Increasing this background neural activity is intended to help you process weak auditory inputs. But it can also modify your baseline for silence— such that a lack of sound no longer sounds silent at all.
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Joan Halifax: Compassion...
than many other people do. However, they return to baseline a lot sooner. This is called resilience. Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you
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How to have better...
that were assigned to read just a nonpolitical essay. It was just a comparison group so we could get a baseline. And what we found when we surveyed people about their environmental attitudes afterwards, we found that liberals, it didn't matter what essay they read. They tended to have highly pro-environmental attitudes regardless. Liberals are on board for environmental protection. Conservatives, however,
Video examples
When The World Gets 1℃...
degrees celsius temperatures so it doesn't mean to say that every single weather event is due to climate change but what climate change does mean is that with the baseline climate having changed then the frequency of the extreme temperatures is increasing and that has a substantial effect
Video examples
Why some people find...
and perhaps difficult to see. We thought that this strategy would help make the exercise look easier. We compared this group to a baseline group. To this group we said, just look around the environment as you naturally would. You will notice the finish line, but you might also notice
Video examples
Why does your voice...
These longer folds have slower, larger vibrations, which result in a lower baseline pitch. This growth is especially dramatic in many males, whose high testosterone levels lead first to voice cracks, and then to deeper, more booming voices,
Video examples
The Vaporizer PIPE American...
going to assist you in your medication today when you use the vaporizer the onset is going to be very quickly and you're going to be in it for a while and so what is important about today is that we find a baseline that we get an idea
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
the way down to a baseline that is really uh workable in the sense so that when you try to open the country which we inevitably have to do i mean we can't just be locked down forever because of the deleterious consequences of that
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How to live and act (and...
there's the baseline understanding of new technology think of this as network nology and the technology is important because it makes the the network's tangible in completely new ways they were always there but now they're
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Can loud music damage...
Getting a baseline understanding of your hearing is essential to protecting your auditory system. Just like our eyes and teeth, our ears also need annual check-ups. Not all communities have access to audiologists,
Video examples
What’s that ringing in...
Increasing this background neural activity is intended to help you process weak auditory inputs. But it can also modify your baseline for silence— such that a lack of sound no longer sounds silent at all.
Video examples
Joan Halifax: Compassion...
than many other people do. However, they return to baseline a lot sooner. This is called resilience. Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you
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George Monbiot
British Writer
The people of each generation perceive the state of the ecosystems they encountered in their childhood as normal and natural. When wildlife is depleted, we might notice the loss, but we are unaware that the baseline by which we judge the decline is in fact a state of extreme depletion.
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Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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Susan Sarandon
American Actress
So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality.
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Courtney A. Kemp
American Writer
The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character.
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Jenny Slate
American Actress
My baseline function is I'm usually really happy and optimistic. I think I really genuinely like being alive, and I've got a spring in my step - that's what I've been like all my life.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
Until they study the general population and find out what the likelihood of CTE in a soccer mom is versus an NFL brain, we really have no baseline to rate this study off of.
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Daniel Pauly
French Scientist
We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
As a single guy, the baseline of what I needed was so low. I just needed an air mattress, food, and rent money.
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Babe Ruth
American Baseball Player
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
The people of each generation perceive the state of the ecosystems they encountered in their childhood as normal and natural. When wildlife is depleted, we might notice the loss, but we are unaware that the baseline by which we judge the decline is in fact a state of extreme depletion.
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Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.
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Susan Sarandon
American Actress
So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality.
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Courtney A. Kemp
American Writer
The baseline character in a lot of Western literature is a man. So we, as women, do a lot of suspending of our disbelief to experience a novel or a play or a movie through that male character.
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Jenny Slate
American Actress
My baseline function is I'm usually really happy and optimistic. I think I really genuinely like being alive, and I've got a spring in my step - that's what I've been like all my life.
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Joe Thomas
English Actor
Until they study the general population and find out what the likelihood of CTE in a soccer mom is versus an NFL brain, we really have no baseline to rate this study off of.
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Daniel Pauly
French Scientist
We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
As a single guy, the baseline of what I needed was so low. I just needed an air mattress, food, and rent money.
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Babe Ruth
American Baseball Player
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
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