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 his or her 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

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
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 (astronomical objects)

Earth-based
Jupiter-based

Mars-based

Moon-based

Saturn-based

founded on; having a basis (computer)

Angular-based
blockchain-based
browser-based
client-based
computer-based
hash-based
HTML-based

Internet-based
ionic-based
Java-based
JavaScript-based
JSF-based
Perl-based

PHP-based
scripting-based
server-based
SOAP-based
TCP-based
Web-based

wiki-based
Wikimedia-based
Wikipedia-based
Wiktionary-based
XHTML-based
XML-based

founded on; having a basis (countries)

Afghan-based
EU-based
Finland-based
France-based

Germany-based
Hungary-based
Iceland-based

Italy-based
Norway-based
Russia-based

Sweden-based
Turkey-based
US-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

Danish: baseret
Dutch: gebaseerd (nl), onderbouwd (nl)
Finnish: -pohjainen (fi), -varainen
German: basiert (de)
Greek: βασιζόμενος (el) (vasizómenos), -παγής (-pagís)

Macedonian: основан (osnovan)
Norwegian: baserat
Swedish: baserad (sv)
Turkish: tabanlı (tr), temelli (tr)

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

Danish: baseret
Finnish: perustua (fi)

Scottish Gaelic: stèidhichte
Swedish: baseras (sv)

having a base

Scottish Gaelic: stèidhichte

having a base of operations

Scottish Gaelic: stèidhichte

Anagrams

Abeds, adebs, beads, dBASE

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