based

[Based]

Having a base

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

Adjective S.
having a base; "firmly based ice"

Adjective S.
having a basis; often used as combining terms; "a soundly based argument"; "well-founded suspicions"

Adjective
being derived from (usually followed by `on'' or `upon''); "a film based on a best-selling novel"


imp. & p. p.
of Base

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

n.
Wearing, or protected by, bases.


Based

Based , p. p. & a. 1. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based. 2. [See Base, n., 18-21.] Wearing, or protected by, bases. [Obs.] "Based in lawny velvet." E. Hall.

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

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Usage Examples

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties.

And you know, whether it's drama or comedy, the best work is based on truth. It's just that, with comedy, the circumstances are just crazy-heightened, and you have these crazy things thrown at you. But you still have to do it truthfully, because that's where the humor comes from. So it's not that difficult to cross over.

A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?

And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of Blanco White made obvious my relationship with him, based on a similarity in Spain's condition.

A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.

Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.

All war is based on deception.

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