based
Verb
Verb Forms: base, based, basing, bases
- Founded or established on something; used as a foundation.
- Past tense of BASE.
- use as a basis for; found on
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- simple past and past participle of base
- Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).
- simple past and past participle of base
- Having a base.
- simple past and past participle of base
- Having a base of operations.
Adjective Satellite
- having a base
- "firmly based ice"
- having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
- "a locally based business"
- "an Atlanta-based company"
- "carrier-based planes"
Adj
- Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
- Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
- Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.
- Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if the thing that is considered "praiseworthy" is unpopular or controversial.
- Admirable for rejecting political correctness or socially progressive values.
Intj
- Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one.
Examples
- based and redpilled
- Her winning play was based on a lucky draw of the letter Z.
- His entire Scrabble strategy was based on hoarding his ’S’ tiles.
- My last account got banned for being too based.
- OP is based as hell
- That was a soundly based argument.
- —There is no ethics in communism—Based.
Origin / Etymology
From base + -ed.
Scrabble Score: 8
based: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbased: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
based: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
based: valid Words With Friends Word