Definitions for been
bɪnbeen

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beenthe participle preterite of to be;

   Etymology: beon , Saxon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Been

   of Be

2. Been

   the past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Been

   bēn, pa.p. of Be.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BEEN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Been is ranked #23354 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Been surname appeared 1,090 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Been.
   
   80.3% or 876 total occurrences were White.
   10.6% or 116 total occurrences were Black.
   4% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 23 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.9% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'been' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #39

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'been' in Written Corpus Frequency: #84

Anagrams for been »

1. eben

2. bene

How to pronounce been?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say been in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of been in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of been in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of been in a Sentence

1. Tammy Bruce:

   [O]nly Trump can face down the monster that we've seen emerge even worse from the federal government, [President Biden's administration] has been a blessing for the American people to understand why Donald Trump is the only person who can get this country on her feet.

2. Ted Mitchell:

   I think people have been worried primarily because they don't know what it is we actually intend to do, i'm hopeful that now that we have a document out we'll be able to have a very constructive, positive conversation about how we do this in the right way.

3. Kim Manlove:

   We've been in the shadows for too long, if we really accept that addiction is a chronic medical disease like cancer and hypertension...we've got to start putting a face on recovery the way people have done with other types of disease.

4. Kerry Craig:

   There are real risks of recession and deflation, but there are also reasons to believe that 2015 will be a better year for the euro zone than this year has been.

5. Paul Barrett:

   Stegosaurus was actually an animal that could get up to 9 metres in length and weigh several tonnes, this is the average size tooth for a Stegosaurus; pretty tiny with a business end, the crown, that's really only a few millimetres across. So using these very tiny feeble teeth to fuel that big body has always been a bit of a mystery.

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