basing
Using as foundation
Basing is the present participle of base, carrying forward that verb's meanings.
To base something somewhere is to establish headquarters or a center of operations there: The company is basing its European division in Dublin.
To base something on something else is to use it as a foundation: She's basing her argument on flawed assumptions.
In slang, basing refers to smoking freebase cocaine.
Foundational preparation for something
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- footingSecure ground position
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
framework · anchor · platform · substrate · infrastructure · scaffolding · substructure · pillar
Fastening securely to position
- backingAid or sponsorship
- relyingPlacing trust in
- dependingContingent on something else
- trustingInclined to believe others
grounding · rooting · centering · establishing · founding · resting · building · constructing
Drawing logical conclusions
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- analysisMethodical study of parts
data · assumptions · precedent · rationale · methodology · conclusions · findings · principles
Organized distribution of resources
- garrisonStationed military force
- stationingAssigning to a location
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
fortification · outpost · headquarters · installation · encampment · airfield · naval · strategic
groundwork
Foundational preparation for something
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- footingSecure ground position
underpinning · framework · anchor · platform · substrate · infrastructure · scaffolding · substructure · pillar · piling
anchoring
Fastening securely to position
trusting · grounding · rooting · centering · establishing · founding · resting · building · constructing · deriving
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
analysis · data · assumptions · precedent · rationale · methodology · conclusions · findings · principles · logic
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- garrisonStationed military force
- stationingAssigning to a location
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
barracks · fortification · outpost · headquarters · installation · encampment · airfield · naval · strategic · logistics
- wargamingminiatures, terrain, dice roll, rulebook, tactics
- miniature wargamesWarhammer, Infinity, army building, miniature painting, faction
- stationingposting, deployment, assignment, billeting, quartering
basinggroundless
Lacking factual support
unfounded · baseless · guessing · ungrounded · unsupported
basingremoving
Taking something out
withdrawing · displacing · relocating · uprooting · evacuating
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- basic needsRequirements for survival
- on a first-name basisAcquainted enough for informality
- basic fareSimple, standard food offerings
- basic rightsFreedoms owed to all
- on a need-to-know basisInformation given selectively