No. 8,754 in French

basent

"Basent" is the third-person plural present-tense conjugation of the verb "baser" in French, meaning "base" or "found."

In a sentence

Ils basent leurs décisions sur des faits concrets.
They base their decisions on concrete facts.
The word 'basent' (base) is used to indicate that the decisions are founded upon something.
Ces théories se basent sur des hypothèses non vérifiées.
These theories are based on unverifiable hypotheses.
'Basent' appears in reflexive form ('se basent'), showing dependency or reliance on hypotheses.
Les chercheurs basent leurs travaux sur des données recueillies.
Researchers base their work on collected data.
'Basent' shows an action of grounding work or research on gathered data.

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