Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

base off of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: base of-f of
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"A lot of artists put skits in their records, but they based it off of De La Soul. We didn't base ours off of De La Soul, we based ours off of ours, because we were the first group to actually split up a rap album and not go cut for cut."
"They wanted something like a '70s thriller, so I based it off of The Man with the Golden Gun poster."

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

bases off of (present, singular) basing off of (participle, present) based off of (participle, past) based off of (past)

Questions

What does base off of mean?: To base on.

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