Definitions for based
based

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. basedadjective

   having a base

   "firmly based ice"

2. basedadjective

   having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)

   "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes"

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1. basedverb

   Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).

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

2. basedverb

   Having a base

   The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.

3. basedverb

   Having a base of operations.

   The company is based in New York.

4. basedadjective

   founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms

   That was a soundly based argument.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Based

   of Base

2. Basedadjective

   having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based

3. Basednoun

   wearing, or protected by, bases

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'based' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #480

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'based' in Written Corpus Frequency: #968

Anagrams for based »

1. beads

How to pronounce based?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of based in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of based in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of based in a Sentence

1. Debbie Haskins:

   We hope that VT’ers care enough to have this discussion based on science, rather than emotion or for money.

2. Lujan Grisham:

   If we had better national strategies and universal testing and software-based contract tracing, then we could really figure out when opening makes sense and we could start to do that in the country.

3. Rhonda Shrader:

   As we move to the gig-based economy, this is kind of an intermediate step, being an entrepreneur is one step away from being just a gig, but it has a less formal structure than working for a large company. I think this is definitely a sign of the times.

4. Petr Krpata:

   We are in a broad-based soft dollar environment, and given the yen is cheap in relation to its long-term fundamentals, it is not surprising it is outperforming, the rise is leading to speculation of intervention by the Japanese. But we think the bar for that is pretty high.

5. Sam Glines:

   It's clear to us, based on both forensic and other evidence we've collected, that unequivocally they are not responsible for orchestrating or initiating the attack on Sony.

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