verb
- Use as a basis for; found on.
- usage: "base a claim on some observation"
- Situate as a center of operations.
- usage: "we will base this project in the new lab"
- synonyms: base
- Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.
adjective
- Having a base.
- usage: "firmly based ice"
- Having a base of operations (often used as a combining form. )
- usage: "a locally based business"; "an Atlanta-based company"; "carrier-based planes"
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