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Definitions for became
bɪˈkeɪmbe·came

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Becamethe preterite of become ;

Webster Dictionary

  1. Became

    imp. of Become

  2. Became

    of Become

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Became

    be-kām′, pa.t. of Become.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'became' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #383

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'became' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1499

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of became in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of became in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of became in a Sentence

  1. Jim Pattison:

    I don’t have all the details, but to answer your question, no, it shouldn’t have been in the water if, if what happened, happened, this business has been operating for 47 years and we’ve never had an incident like this or anything close to it. To the best of our knowledge – and we don’t have a lot of information now – but it was a fast-moving storm that came out of basically nowhere is sort of the verbal analysis I’ve got. Weather experts said a strong wind was blowing in the region, and those gusts became even more turbulent on the lake because there are no structures to slow them down.

  2. President Clinton:

    Few leaders have been so perfectly suited for the times in which they served, as a child in war-torn Europe, Madeleine and her family were twice forced to flee their home. When the end of the Cold War ushered in a new era of global interdependence, she became America's voice at the United Nations, then took the helm at the State Department, where she was a passionate force for freedom, democracy, and human rights.

  3. Sebastian Arcos:

    That is what Raul has been working toward for the last five years since he officially became president … he has been working very carefully, very diligently on setting the stage for the next generation of Castro followers … to take power, raul Castro is a family man, like ‘Don Corleone’ – he is now setting up his pieces and Obama has given him an assist in how to perpetrate that.

  4. Toyota President Akio Toyoda:

    I was determined to make sure we became a more emotional brand, and that the words 'boring' and 'Lexus' never showed up in the same sentence, this is a brave, new Lexus.

  5. Shirko Fatih:

    It probably became too expensive to feed them and care for them.

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