Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to base
Participle: based
Gerund: basing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | base |
| you | base |
| he;she;it | bases |
| we | base |
| you | base |
| they | base |
Perfect
| I | have based |
| you | have based |
| he;she;it | has based |
| we | have based |
| you | have based |
| they | have based |
Past
| I | based |
| you | based |
| he;she;it | based |
| we | based |
| you | based |
| they | based |
Pluperfect
| I | had based |
| you | had based |
| he;she;it | had based |
| we | had based |
| you | had based |
| they | had based |
Future
| I | will base |
| you | will base |
| he;she;it | will base |
| we | will base |
| you | will base |
| they | will base |
Future Perfect
| I | will have based |
| you | will have based |
| he;she;it | will have based |
| we | will have based |
| you | will have based |
| they | will have based |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | base |
| you | base |
| he;she;it | base |
| we | base |
| you | base |
| they | base |
Perfect
| I | have based |
| you | have based |
| he;she;it | have based |
| we | have based |
| you | have based |
| they | have based |
Imperfect
| I | based |
| you | based |
| he;she;it | based |
| we | based |
| you | based |
| they | based |
Pluperfect
| I | had based |
| you | had based |
| he;she;it | had based |
| we | had based |
| you | had based |
| they | had based |
Conditional
Present
| I | would base |
| you | would base |
| he;she;it | would base |
| we | would base |
| you | would base |
| they | would base |
Perfect
| I | would have based |
| you | would have based |
| he;she;it | would have based |
| we | would have based |
| you | would have based |
| they | would have based |
Imperative
| you | base |
| we | Let's base |
| you | base |
Verbs conjugated like 'base'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'base'
abase,
bace,
bake,
bale,
bane,
bare,
basen,
bash,
bask,
bass,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, from O.Fr. bas, from L. basis "foundation," from Gk. basis "step, pedestal," from bainein "to step" (see come). The military sense is from 1860. The chemical sense (1810) was introduced in Fr. 1754 by Fr. chemist Guillaume-François Rouelle (1703-70). The verb meaning "to place on a foundation" is from 1841.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-
5. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
6. Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis
7. Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis
8. Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor.
9. Latin basis
10. Old French basebor.
11. Middle English base
12. English base
13. From Middle English base, bas, baas, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis and bass.
Sample Sentences
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[...] evenings at the opera or theatre; that he went to wine parties, and clubs, and suppers, oftener than was at all expedient,—were all things that Tom could see as plainly as anybody, and on which he based a conviction that “ Mas’r wasn't a Christian; ” — a conviction, however, which he would have been very slow to express to any one else, but on which he founded many prayers, in his own simple [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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from hatred and discrimination based on the way that you look.
(Uglies)