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basing off

basing off is the present participle and gerund of base off.

Meaning of base off

Verb

base off (third-person singular simple present bases off, present participle basing off, simple past and past participle based off)

  1. (proscribed, usually) Synonym of base on.
    Synonyms:
    base on

Questions about basing off

What is basing off the present participle and gerund of?
Basing off is the present participle and gerund of base off.

Words near basing off in the dictionary

  1. basinet
  2. basinets
  3. basinful
  4. basinfuls
  5. basing
  6. basing off
  7. basing off of
  8. basing on
  9. basing upon
  10. Basinger
  11. Basingers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basing off (page history and authors); base off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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