Meaning of -based in English

-based

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/ -beɪst/ uk

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/ -beɪst/

-based suffix (MAIN PLACE)

used to form adjectives showing the main place or area in which something or someone works, lives, or does business:

a Manchester-based company

community-based programs

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Placing and positioning an object

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-based suffix (MAIN PART)

used to form adjectives describing the main thing from which a particular substance or object is made:

This is a cream-based sauce.

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Important and essential things

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(Definition of -based from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

-based | Business English

based

adjective

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if one thing is based on another, it is developed from it:

be based on sth All these new products were based on extensive market research.

market-based policy decisions

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broad-based

working or doing business in a particular place, or in a particular way:

Where are you based? In Berlin or Frankfurt?

be based in The company is based in Toronto.

Tokyo-based/UK-based, etc. It's a US-based security company.

You have the option of being either home-based or office-based.

web-based/internet-based We are dependent on our web-based marketing activities.

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competency-based
fee-based
knowledge-based
paper-based
screen-based

(Definition of -based from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of -based

in Chinese (Traditional)

in Chinese (Simplified)

主要地方, （形容詞詞尾）指工作、生活或經商的主要地點、總部設在…的, 主要部分…

主要地方, （形容词词尾）指工作、生活或经商的主要地点、总部设在…的, 主要部分…

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Meaning of -based in English

-based suffix (MAIN PLACE)

-based suffix (MAIN PART)

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