What is another word for were based?

Pronunciation: [wɜː bˈe͡ɪst] (IPA)

Were based refers to something being grounded upon a certain location or idea. Synonyms for this phrase can include "were situated," "were founded," "were established," "were located," "were stationed," "were built," "were erected," "were placed," "were installed," and "were anchored." All of these synonyms imply a strong association between an entity and its foundation or origin, suggesting that it derives its identity or purpose from this. Using different synonyms for "were based" can add variety and nuance to writing, allowing authors to convey subtle shades of meaning or simply avoid repeating the same phrase over and over.

What are the hypernyms for Were based?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Were based

  • Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.
    Mortimer Adler
  • The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired.
    Colleen Atwood
  • I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
    K. Eric Drexler
  • If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.
    Betty Naomi Friedan
  • Hayek ripped G. W. F. Hegel in ’s third part for his “historicism”—the idea, in Hayek’s terminology, that history moves in set and predictable stages. He considered this idea fatally flawed and societies that were based on it to be unsuccessful, unproductive, and unfree. Historicism denies free will. The future is what we make of it.
    Alan O. Ebenstein

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