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basing upon

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

Meaning of base upon

Verb

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

  1. (ditransitive, formal) To base on.

Questions about basing upon

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

Words near basing upon in the dictionary

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

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