assume as a basis

assume Verb

— If you assume something, you think or believe something without having enough information to know that it's true. Oh, hello. I assume you're the new student, are you? If I saw a man dressed all in black, holding a gun, and walking toward me, I would assume that the man is really a dangerous guy and I would run away from him. I saw your car in the garage, so I assumed you were at home.

as Preposition

— A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. As you know, we need more workers. I baked the cake as my mother used to. The room looks just as it did when I was a child. The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful. Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it. He was as big as a mountain. — A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time. Just as I went out, it started to rain. We sleep as the world turns in darkness. — A word that is used to show why something happens. As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.

as Adverb

— A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. (Used before adjectives) You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall. This is not as good as it was last time.

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

basis Noun

— The basis of something, is the main ideas or parts that it is built on. On the basis of the information available, we have decided to cancel the project. There is no basis for believing that he was killed. Her experiences in Cambodia formed the basis for her first book. — If something happens on a regular/daily/weekly etc. basis, it happens regularly, daily, etc. The problems are now happening on a very regular basis. — If we are on a first-name basis, we use first names when speaking to each other. Josie Parkinson and I are on a first-name basis. I call her "Josie" when I see her.