1. (v.i.)be to exist or live: Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question.
2. be to take place; occur: The wedding was last week.
3. be to occupy a place or position: The book is on the table.
4. be to continue or remain as before: Let things be.
5. be to belong; attend; befall: May good fortune be with you.
6. be (used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject): He is tall. She is president.
9. be (used with the infinitive of the principalverb to indicate a command, arrangements, or future action): He is to see me today. You are not to leave before six.
2. (verb)be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
3. (verb)be be identical to; be someone or something "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
4. (verb)be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
5. (verb)exist, be have an existence, be extant "Is there a God?"
6. (verb)be happen, occur, take place "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
7. (verb)equal, be be identical or equivalent to "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
8. (verb)constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be form or compose "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
9. (verb)be, follow work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
10. (verb)embody, be, personify represent, as of a character on stage "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
11. (verb)be spend or use time "I may be an hour"
12. (verb)be, live have life, be alive "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
13. (verb)be to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form "let her be"
14. (verb)cost, be be priced at "These shoes cost $100"
1. be used with the past participle to form a passive The cars were made in Japan.; I was given two booklets to read.
2. be used with the presentparticiple to form progressive tenses I am going out now.; We were trying to call him.
3. be used in the conditional to talk about sth you are imagining If I were President, I'd change the whole system.
4. be used to form question tags You're coming too, aren't you?; It was raining, wasn't it?
5. be links descriptive, time, or place information with a noun The dog is male.; My birthday was last week.; The shoes are $45.; That book's mine.; He's crazy.; Your coat is in the closet.; Is the couch new?
6. be It is/was used to describe a situation or give an opinion about it It's hot.; It was hard to get her to listen.; The teacher says it's OK to leave now.; It would be sad if you didn't meet her.
7. be used to give the time It's three o'clock.; I think it was about noon.
8. be there is/are/were, etc. indicates sth exists or happens There are five classes.; Was there anything else happening last night?
9. be used to tell sb how to behave Be quiet!; Stop being ridiculous!
10. be to be equal to Four plus four is eight.; How much is $20 in pounds?
Definition of 'be'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)be to exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence
2. (verb)be to exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicatebeing annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man
Definitions of be 
Afrikaans: Ek lees. Ek word gevolg. 
Arabic: يَسْتَعْمَل لِبِناء الفِع
Bulgarian: спомагателен глагол за пр
Brazilian: estar (+ inf)
Czech: forma slovesa BE používan
German: sein
Danish: være i færd med
Greek: είμαι
Spanish: estar + gerundio
Estonian: (kestev tegevus olevikus)
Farsi: نشانه دستوری استمرار فعل
Finnish: olla
French: être
Hebrew: יֵש, הָיָה, הָיוּ וכו'
Hindi: होना
Croatian: biti
Hungarian: van, létezik
Indonesian: berfungsi untuk menyataka
Icelandic: vera
Italian: stare
Japanese: ～である
Korean: [be doing]…하고 있는 중이다
Malay: sedang
Dutch: zijn
Norwegian: være i ferd med, holde på
Polish: być, zostać
Persian: نشانه دستوری استمرار فعل
Pashto: د فعل د دوام يا جريان نښه
Portuguese: estar a (+ inf)
Russian: быть
Slovenian: biti
Serbian: biti
Swedish: oöversatt hjälpverb
Thai: ใช้กับรูปกริยา present pa
Taiwanese: 與現在分詞連用，構成進行式
Ukrainian: у сполученні з present pa
Urdu: ہوں
Vietnamese: đang
Chinese: 是（与现在分词连用，构成进行式）
