based

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪst/
• Rhymes: -eɪst

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: based
• Homophone: baste

Adjective

based (comparative more based, superlative most based)

1. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

   That was a soundly based argument.

2. (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.

Hyponyms

founded on; having a basis

• character-based
• class-based
• computer-based
• English-based
• event-based
• German-based
• object-based
• prototype-based
• rail-based
• rebased
• role-based
• space-based
• text-based
• water-based
• zero-based

 

Translations

founded on

• Danish: baseret
• Dutch: gebaseerd (nl), onderbouwd (nl)
• Finnish: -pohjainen (fi), -varainen
• German: basiert (de)
• Greek: βασιζόμενος (el) (vasizómenos), -παγής (-pagís)
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• Latin: fundatus
• Macedonian: основан (osnovan)
• Norwegian: baserat
• Portuguese: baseado (pt) m
• Swedish: baserad (sv)
• Turkish: tabanlı (tr), temelli (tr)

Verb

based

1. simple past and past participle of base
   1. Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).

      It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.

   2. Having a base

      The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.

   3. Having a base of operations.

      The company is based in New York.

Translations

being derived from

• Danish: baseret
• Finnish: perustua (fi)
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• Scottish Gaelic: stèidhichte
• Swedish: baseras (sv)

having a base

• Scottish Gaelic: stèidhichte
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having a base of operations

• Scottish Gaelic: stèidhichte
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Anagrams

• Abeds, adebs, beads, dBASE