: having a specified type of base or basis
a soundly based argument
I realized that his technique was psychoanalytically based. Robert Klitzman
often used in combination
oil-based paints
a fact-based narrative

based

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of base entry 2

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Adjective
Some researchers express hope that this rising aggressiveness may thwart — or at least deter — some foreign-based influence operations from meddling in future U.S. elections. Washington Post, 25 July 2019

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1800, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of based was in 1800

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