Definitions for becoming
bɪˈkʌm ɪŋbe·com·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly(adj)

   according with custom or propriety

   "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

2. becoming(adj)

   displaying or setting off to best advantage

   "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. becoming(Noun)

   The act or process in which something becomes.

2. becoming(Adjective)

   pleasingly suitable to the particular person involved.

3. becoming(Adjective)

   decent, respectable

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1. Becoming

   of Become

2. Becoming(adj)

   appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting

3. Becoming(noun)

   that which is becoming or appropriate

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1. Becoming

   "Becoming" is a song by American heavy metal group Pantera from their album Far Beyond Driven. It was released as a 2-track promotional-only vinyl 12", with "5 Minutes Alone" as its B-side. The song features a unique guitar riff by Dimebag Darrell which involves a DigiTech Whammy pedal as well as extensive double bass drumming from Vinnie Paul. It also uses an unusual guitar tuning, simultaneously mixing dropped-D and Eb tuning.

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1. becoming

   Song lyrics by becoming -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by becoming on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'becoming' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1435

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'becoming' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2458

How to pronounce becoming?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say becoming in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of becoming in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of becoming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of becoming in a Sentence

1. Peter Hero:

   Silicon Valley is becoming Aspen, silicon Valley's becoming a region of rich people and Silicon Valley servants, and Silicon Valley shouldn't be that way. There's not a sense of community. There's not a sense of civic engagement and civic responsibility...

2. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   As soon as it is seen, the extraordinary starts becoming ordinary!

3. Rahul Gupta:

   I started to ask my other colleagues around about what's going on and they agree that there's more demand for family planning services like oral contraceptives, for most of my patients, they were really, really busy and they were fearful of becoming pregnant.

4. Mini Mike Bloomberg:

   Mini Mike Bloomberg acknowledged earlier in the day Tuesday that the possibility of a contested convention at the Democratic convention in July is Mini Mike Bloomberg only pathway to becoming the nominee, admitting, I dont think I can win any other way. Mini Mike Bloomberg told reporters on Tuesday morning that Mini Mike Bloomberg had no expectations on how hed perform, despite record investments in ads and staff from his own bank account. CLICK HERE FOR FULL SUPER TUESDAY RESULTS I have no expectations for today. We will have a decent number of delegates, weve been working at this for 10 weeks.

5. Geng Shuang:

   We urge the U.S. side to cease this activity, stop before it's too late and take measures to prevent these measures from becoming law, stop meddling in Hong Kong's affairs and China's affairs, if they must insist on going down this wrong path China will take strong counter-measures.

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