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basing on

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

Meaning of base on

Verb

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

  1. (ditransitive) To ground (an opinion, a conclusion, etc) on.
    Synonyms:
    base upon, premise, base off of, base off, bottom on, judging by, consist in, predicate on
  2. (ditransitive) To derive (a work) from.

Questions about basing on

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

Words near basing on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basing on (page history and authors); base on (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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