base on

English

Verb

base on (third-person singular simple present bases on, present participle basing on, simple past and past participle based on)

1. (transitive) To ground (an opinion, a conclusion, etc) on.
   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     The study is based on international patent requests, legal findings, scientific publications and other information.

     Audio (US):

     (file)

2. (transitive) To derive (a work) from.

Synonyms

• base upon (formal)
• base off of (informal)
• bottom on

Translations

to ground (an opinion etc.)

• German: auf etwas stützen
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Anagrams

• Beason, beanos, on base