Based
Based adjective - Having a base.
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Reasonable and based are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reasonable" instead an adjective "Based".
Nearby Words: base, basing
Reasonable
Reasonable adjective - According to the rules of logic.
Based and reasonable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Based" instead an adjective "Reasonable".
Both words in one sentence
- When the X-Men were based out of Utopia (an artificial island off the coast of San Francisco) the mayor of San Francisco practically went beyond "reasonable" and into "pushover" territory.
Source: Reasonable Authority Figure - It looks redundant, but based on how the words are used or interpreted, it makes a reasonable amount of sense in American English.
Source: Redundancy / Real Life -
It's one of the few racially-based examples that doesn't have Unfortunate Implications—they're in an Asian country and it's a reasonable assumption on Ellen's part.
Source: Mistaken for Servant
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