base
noun
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests.
was basing
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past progressiveof base.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I was basing it on the movie ‘Her,’” Alary says, referring to the 2013 film about a man who fell in love with an AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
It's not clear what President Trump was basing the assertion on.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
But the investigator said he was basing his assessment on “the entire picture,” including her behavior after her vehicle stopped after the incident, disabled by its safety system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
To mix the religious metaphors, it’s been said that the original sin of the internet was basing it on advertising, and some feel that it’s too late to fix it now.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
What was in “olde bokes” was to be revered, and even when Chaucer was just making it up, he liked to pretend—though perhaps half in jest—that he was basing his work on a previous text.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
