Past tense of base
regular verb
The past tense of base is based. The past participle is also based.
Forms of base
| Base form (V1) | base /beɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | based /beɪst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | based /beɪst/ |
| Present participle | basing /ˈbeɪsɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | bases /ˈbeɪsɪz/ |
Based in a sentence
- Troops have been based in Munich since the end of World War II.
- The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.From the entry proprietary
- There's a massive iceberg of increasingly crazy fanfics out there based around those two characters.From the entry iceberg
- Based on this data, it is our belief that X does not occur.From the entry belief
- Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.From the entry view
Meaning of base
- noun Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- noun A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- noun The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
Questions about the past tense of base
- What is the past tense of base?
- The past tense of base is based.
- What is the past participle of base?
- The past participle of base is based.
- Is base a regular or irregular verb?
- Base is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: base (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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