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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(5.00 / 1 vote)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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Cabot Phillips:

   The university punishes students based on how controversial or offensive their words are. Well, by nature, the most controversial ideas will be the ones that are least present, and in college campuses it’s overwhelmingly conservative ideas that are not present, so it’s going to be conservative students that are facing the brunt of this, any student, it doesn’t matter political affiliation, no student should have to fear bringing up ideas that may make people a little uncomfortable.

2. Kyong Sup Yoon:

   It's almost saturated with [these genes], which means that people using permethrin and pyrethrin based products will probably have a very hard time controlling the lice.

3. Charles Michel:

   Together, we must stand as the bedrock of the rules-based international order, working for peace, security, prosperity, freedom, human rights and gender equity, let’s build a new founding pact for a stronger Europe, for a stronger America and for a better world.

4. Christopher Harnisch:

   ISIS-K knows that in order to achieve success and achieve its vision of setting up a caliphate based in Afghanistan, it's going to need manpower.

5. George Zimmerman:

   To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty, pitting Americans against each other solely based on race.

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