Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

    basieren

  2. (transitive)To be located (at a particular place).

    Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II.

    Top management decided to base our new Spanish subsidiary in Arévalo (Ávila).

  3. To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

  4. (slang)To freebase.

More definitions
  • situate as a center of operations
  • use as a basis for; found on
  • use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

Examples

813 sentences
  1. Aren't you still based in Boston?

    Хіба ви все ще не базуєтеся у Бостоні? — deniko

  2. I made my decision based on what you said.

    Я прийняв рішення на основі того, що ти сказав. — deniko

    deBei meiner Entscheidung habe ich mich auf das gestützt, was du gesagt hast. — dinkel_girl

  3. Science is based on very careful observations.

    Наука базується на дуже ретельних спостереженнях. — deniko

    deWissenschaft basiert auf äußerst sorgfältiger Beobachtung. — xtofu80

  4. We don't want to make decisions based on rumors.

    Ми не хочемо приймати рішення на основі чуток. — deniko

  5. Our company's base is in Tokyo.

    ruБаза нашей компании находится в Токио. — las

    deDer Sitz unseres Unternehmens ist in Tokyo. — MUIRIEL

Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
have as its foundation or starting point:

Origin

From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient

From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.

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Forms

bases, basing, based, based
Base formbase · to base
3rd person singularbases
Present participlebasing
Past simplebased
Past participlebased

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybase
he, she, itbases

Past simpleLesson

all personsbased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave based
he, she, ithas based

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill base

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • based based
  • based based on
  • is based based
  • based based in
  • story is based
  • movie is based

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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