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• based — [beɪst] adjective if a company is based somewhere, that is the place where it carries out its business: • The existing business is based in London but the owners may be willing to move. • a Chicago based publisher * * * based UK US /beɪst/… …   Financial and business terms

• based — [beıst] adj 1.) [not before noun] if you are based somewhere, that is the place where you work or where your main business is ▪ It is a professional service based at our offices in Oxford. London based/New York based etc ▪ a London based firm of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• -based — [bāst] combining form 1. based on; having as its basis [paper based, milk based] 2. based in or at (a specified place); having headquarters in or at [space based weapons, a Cleveland based company] * * * …   Universalium

• Based — (b[=a]sd), p. p. & a. 1. Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad based. [1913 Webster] 2. [See {Base}, n., 18 21.] Wearing, or protected by, bases. [Obs.] Based in lawny velvet. E. Hall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• based — [ beıst ] suffix 1. ) used with some names of places to make adjectives meaning happening or working in a particular place: a Chicago based company 2. ) used with some names to make adjectives describing the main substance in a product: pasta and …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• based on — I adverb bear upon, built on, contingent upon, dependent on, founded on, grounded on, relying on, rested on II index underlying Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• -based — [[t] beɪst[/t]] 1) COMB: COMB in ADJ based combines with nouns referring to places to mean something positioned or existing mainly in the place mentioned, or operating or organized from that place. ...a Washington based organization. ...land… …   English dictionary

• based — 1. adjective /bejst/ founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms That was a soundly based argument. 2. verb /bejst/ a) Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon). Its a new film based on a best selling novel. b) …   Wiktionary

• based on — This phrase is not an absolute participle such as are considering and given. As a result, a sentence such as Based on your record, you are clearly qualified for the job is ungrammatical because based on is a dangling modifier with nothing to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• based — [[t]be͟ɪst[/t]] ♦ ADJ: v link ADJ If you are based in a particular place, that is the place where you live or do most of your work. Both firms are based in Kent... Based on the edge of Lake Matt, Sunbeam Yachts started boatbuilding in 1870. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• Based — Base Base (b[=a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Based} (b[=a]sd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Basing}.] [From {Base}, n.] To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; used with on or upon. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English