based

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪst/
• Rhymes: -eɪst

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: based
• Homophone: baste

Etymology 1

base +‎ -ed

Adjective

based (comparative more based, superlative most based)

1. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

   That was a soundly based argument.

Hyponyms

founded on; having a basis

• character-based
• class-based
• computer-based
• English-based
• event-based
• German-based
• object-based
• prototype-based
• rail-based
• rebased
• role-based
• space-based
• text-based
• water-based
• zero-based

 

Translations

founded on

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

• Latin: fundatus
• Macedonian: основан (osnovan)
• Norwegian: baserat
• Portuguese: baseado (pt) m
• Romanian: bazat (ro)
• Spanish: fundamentado (es) m, cimentado (es) m
• Swedish: baserad (sv)
• Turkish: tabanlı (tr), temelli (tr)

Verb

based

1. simple past tense and past participle of base
   1. Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon).

      It's a new film based on a best-selling novel.

   2. Having a base

      The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability.

   3. Having a base of operations.

      The company is based in New York.

Etymology 2

A reference to freebase cocaine, via basehead. Coined by American musician Lil B to describe his lifestyle.

Adjective

based (comparative more based, superlative most based)

1. (slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
   • 2010 June 10, Lil B, Complex.com‎^[1]:

     Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. […] Based is positive.

   • 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.

2. (Internet slang, originally 4chan) Praiseworthy and admirable, often through exhibiting independence and security.

   Antonyms: cringe, unbased

   OP is based as fuck

   Based and red pilled.

Translations

not caring what others think about oneself

• Portuguese: baseado (pt) m, baseada f, baseados m pl, baseadas f pl

• Russian: ба́за (ru) (báza) (online slang)
• Swedish: baserad (sv) (humorous)

Anagrams

• Abeds, adebs, beads, dBASE