become

  • 21become — [c]/bəˈkʌm / (say buh kum), /bi / (say bee ) verb (became, become, becoming) –verb (copular) 1. to come or grow to be: she became tired. 2. to develop into: she became a director. –verb (t) 3. to befit; suit: that dress becomes you. –phrase …

  • 22become —   Lilo, hele … ā, ua (Gram. 5.2), lawe.    ♦ He become a doctor, e lilo ana oia i kauka.    ♦ He has become angry, ua hele oia ā huhū.    ♦ He has become tired, ua māluhiluhi oia …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 23become — verb Become is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑mood, ↑society, ↑weather Become is used with these nouns as the object: ↑addiction, ↑alcoholic, ↑archbishop, ↑burden, ↑caricature, ↑Catholic, ↑champion, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 24become — [OE] Become is a compound verb found in other Germanic languages (German bekommen, for instance, and Dutch bekomen), which points to a prehistoric Germanic source *bikweman, based on *kweman, source of English come. Originally it meant simply… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25become — verb (becomes, becoming; past became; past participle become) 1》 begin to be.     ↘develop into.     ↘(of a person) qualify or be accepted as.     ↘(become of) (in questions) happen to. 2》 (of clothing) look well on.     ↘be appropriate to… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26become — be•come [[t]bɪˈkʌm[/t]] v. came, come, com•ing 1) to come, change, or grow to be (as specified): to become tired[/ex] 2) to come into being; develop or progress into: She became a ballerina[/ex] 3) to be attractive on; befit in appearance; suit:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27become — [OE] Become is a compound verb found in other Germanic languages (German bekommen, for instance, and Dutch bekomen), which points to a prehistoric Germanic source *bikweman, based on *kweman, source of English come. Originally it meant simply… …

    Word origins

  • 28become of — {v. phr.} To happen to; befall. * /What will become of the children, now that both parents are in jail?/ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 29become of — {v. phr.} To happen to; befall. * /What will become of the children, now that both parents are in jail?/ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30become — Synonyms and related words: adorn, agree with, alter into, arise, assimilate to, be born, be bound, be changed, be converted into, be obligated, be obliged, become of, befit, behoove, beseem, break out, bring to, burst forth, change, change into …

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