based
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɪst/
- Rhymes: -eɪst
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: based
- Homophone: baste
Adjective
based (comparative more based, superlative most based)
- Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
- That was a soundly based argument.
- (slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
- 2012, Duncan Cooper, "Based Scripture: The Full Transcript of Lil B’s Lecture at NYU", The Fader, 12 April 2012:
- You have to work as a human with empathy and love in your heart, staying positive and staying based and staying normal.
- 2012, Duncan Cooper, "Based Scripture: The Full Transcript of Lil B’s Lecture at NYU", The Fader, 12 April 2012:
Hyponyms
founded on; having a basis
- acid-based
- car-based
- carbohydrate-based
- carrier-based
- cash-based
- catheter-based
- cell-based
- character-based
- chlorine-based
- church-based
- class-based
- community-based
- comparator-based
- component-based
- computer-based
- constraint-based
- content-based
- device-based
- dollar-based
- euro-based
- event-based
- evidence-based
- face-based
- family-based
- function-based
- game-based
- gold-based
- graphics-based
- ground-based
- image-based
- instance-based
- interest-based
- issue-based
- land-based
- LED-based
- microservice-based
- military-based
- moon-based
- mosque-based
- name-based
- network-based
- object-based
- photograph-based
- plant-based
- platform-based
- polymer-based
- priority-based
- protein-based
- prototype-based
- radio-based
- rail-based
- rebased
- requirements-based
- resource-based
- risk-based
- role-based
- rules-based
- school-based
- service-based
- signature-based
- space-based
- standards-based
- synagogue-based
- tag-based
- template-based
- text-based
- time-based
- urine-based
- water-based
- weather-based
- whiskey-based
- zero-based
founded on; having a basis (natural languages)
- Arabic-based
- Chinese-based
- English-based
- French-based
- German-based
- Italian-based
- Turkish-based
Translations
founded on
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Verb
based
- simple past tense and past participle of base
- Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
- It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.
- Having a base
- The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.
- Having a base of operations.
- The company is based in New York.
Translations
being derived from
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having a base
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having a base of operations
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