Meaning & use
baseline
A minimum or starting point used as a reference for comparison or measurement.
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The doctor recorded a baseline blood pressure reading before starting the new medication.
Sales from last year serve as the baseline for measuring this year's growth.
A note on using this word
Baseline is also the boundary line at each end of a basketball or tennis court, a distinct sporting sense of the word.
Words with a similar meaning
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