Definitions for become
bɪˈkʌmbe·come

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. become, go, getverb

   enter or assume a certain state or condition

   "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

2. become, turnverb

   undergo a change or development

   "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

3. becomeverb

   come into existence

   "What becomes has duration"

4. become, suitverb

   enhance the appearance of

   "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. becomeverb

   To arrive, come (to a place).

   Etymology: becuman, from . Cognate with German bekommen, Dutch bekomen.

2. becomeverb

   To begin to be; to come to be; to turn into.

   Etymology: becuman, from . Cognate with German bekommen, Dutch bekomen.

3. becomeverb

   To look attractive on, be suitable for.

   That dress really becomes you.

   Etymology: becuman, from . Cognate with German bekommen, Dutch bekomen.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Become

   of Become

2. Becomeverb

   to pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character

3. Becomeverb

   to come; to get

4. Becomeverb

   to suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Become

   Become is the first studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Seventh Wonder. It consists of nine tracks; however, the ninth track is unlisted and untitled.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Become

   be-kum′, v.i. to pass from one state to another: to come to be: to be the fate or end of (followed by of).—v.t. to suit or befit, to grace or adorn fittingly (with dat. object):—pa.t. becāme′; pa.p. become′.—adj. Becom′ing, suitable to: graceful.—adv. Becom′ingly.—n. Becom′ingness. [A.S. becuman. See Come.]

CrunchBase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Become

   Become is a search engine focused solely on shopping. Become offers various views and filtering criteria to allow users to more easily shop locally or all over the web.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. become

   To change from a specific form to a form of choice.

   We have become such mature, kind, loving and peaceloving people on planet earth.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Embellish
   • Transform
   • Turn

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'become' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #274

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'become' in Written Corpus Frequency: #758

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'become' in Verbs Frequency: #28

How to pronounce become?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say become in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of become in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of become in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of become in a Sentence

1. Mark Lynagh:

   Value can be finely balanced between markets. It's no surprise with the volume of natural US dollar funders that the basis swap has become more expensive; the greater surprise is that the shift has not been more dramatic.

2. Andy Gu:

   We think our offer is very attractive, but we are happy if any other shareholder would remain invested in Kuka. Our target is to become a meaningful investor in Kuka, that's why we are aiming for at least 30 per cent.

3. Gregory Armstrong:

   While there is a high probability that this is going to become a larger and larger proportion of all cases, if we can get people to become more adherent to the recommended measures, the number of cases don't need to go up.

4. Steven Taylor:

   People value their freedoms, they may become distressed or indignant or morally outraged when people are trying to encroach on their freedoms.

5. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo):

   Those who betray an oath of loyalty and commitment are in training to become a master of deceit and deception.

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