-BASED


Meaning of -BASED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -beɪst ]

1.

-based combines with nouns referring to places to mean something positioned or existing mainly in the place mentioned, or operating or organized from that place.

...a Washington-based organization.

...land-based missiles...

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2.

-based combines with nouns to mean that the thing mentioned is a central part or feature.

...computer-based jobs.

...oil-based sauces.

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3.

-based combines with adverbs to mean having a particular kind of basis.

There are growing signs of more broadly-based popular unrest.

COMB in ADJ

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