Collocations for "based"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "based" in context.
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base
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [military, army, air force] base
- [works, lives] on a [military] base
- lives on the base
- have a [military] base in [Iraq]
- at the base of the [hill, mountain]
- the base of the [house, skyscraper, pyramid]
- she [sat, rested, stopped] at the base of the tree
- has a [strong, weak, compromised] base
- important to have a [solid, strong] base
- has a base of [1000] [supporters, constituents]
- has a [broad, extensive] base of [supporters]
- [a large, a diverse, an international] fan base
- [voting, election] base
- a [large, small] tax base
- has a [large, vast] knowledge base (in)
- the base of the [fan, lamp]
- has a [detachable, removable, replaceable] base
- lost his base and [fell, tipped over]
- [reached, got to, made] [first, second, third, fourth] base
- touch base with me before you [go, leave]
- a base for (further) [research, investigation, debate]
- paint with [a lead, an acrylic] base
- arrive at base camp
- based his [opinions, decision, theories, results] on
- his [opinions] were based on
- based it on his [own experiences, a real story]
- the [research, investigation] is based on
- the [facts, statistics] are based on
- [story, movie, novel] is based on
- based on [fact, fiction, a true story]
- based on the [events, life, story] of
- based on new [information, research]
- based on the facts, I would [say, guess]
- [we're, the company is] based in [Texas, Germany, New York]
- base [metals, instinct]
- was base and [contemptible, vulgar, unworthy]
- is the base [price, rate, salary] (for)
- the [club's, party's] base supporters
'based' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
award
- base
- above
- assumption
- belief
- claim
- decision
- faith
- film
- framework
- ground
- guess
- evidence
- home
- honor
- internet
- translation
- template
- study
- stress
- result
- race
- quality
- paint
- mouse
- oil
- European
- real
- process
- client
- compromise
- construct
- consumer
- corporation
- cuisine
- defense
- dissertation
- estimate
- evaluation
- filter
- merit
- agent
- alloy
- architecture
- barter
- prejudice
- premise
- principle
- loosely
- mutual