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say it: bayst
based is an adjective meaning "having a base". It is pronounced /ˈbeɪst/ — bayst. It carries 2 recorded senses.
having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
“a locally based business”
“an Atlanta-based company”
“carrier-based planes”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for based come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.