Meanings
verbbase on (third-person singular simple present bases on, present participle basing on, simple past and past participle based on)
present singular third person bases on · participle present basing on · participle past based on · past based on
- ditransitiveTo ground (an opinion, a conclusion, etc) on.
Synonyms: base upon, premise, base off of, base off, bottom on, judging by, consist in, predicate on
- ditransitiveTo derive (a work) from.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo ground (an opinion, a conclusion, etc) on.
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Translations
Dutch baseren op
- baseren opto ground (an opinion etc.)
Finnish perustua
- perustuato derive (a work) from
French adapter en
- adapter ento derive (a work) from
German auf etwas stützen
- auf etwas stützento ground (an opinion etc.)
Italian adattare da
- adattare dato derive (a work) from
Polish bazować na, opierać się na
- bazować nato ground (an opinion etc.)
- opierać się nato ground (an opinion etc.)
- bazować nato derive (a work) from
- opierać się nato derive (a work) from
Portuguese basear
- basearto derive (a work) from
Spanish basar en, basar en
- basar ento ground (an opinion etc.)
- basar ento derive (a work) from
Swedish basera på
- basera påto derive (a work) from
Vietnamese dựa trên, dựa vào
- dựa trênto ground (an opinion etc.)
- dựa vàoto ground (an opinion etc.)
- căn cứ vàoto ground (an opinion etc.)
- dựa vàoto derive (a work) from
- phỏng theoto derive (a work) from
Cite this entry
APA
base on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20on
MLA
“base on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20on. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “base on,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20on.
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