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become
[ bih-kuhm ]
verb (used without object)
- to come, change, or grow to be (as specified):
He became tired.
- to come into being.
verb (used with object)
- to be attractive on; befit in appearance; look well on:
That gown becomes you.
- to be suitable or necessary to the dignity, situation, or responsibility of:
conduct that becomes an officer.
become
/ bɪˈkʌm /
verb
- copula to come to be; develop or grow into
he became a monster
- foll by of; usually used in a question to fall to or be the lot (of); happen (to)
what became of him?
- tr (of clothes, etc) to enhance the appearance of (someone); suit
that dress becomes you
- tr to be appropriate; befit
it ill becomes you to complain
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of become1
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Idioms and Phrases
- become of, to happen to; be the fate of:
What will become of him?
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In addition to the idiom beginning with become , also see idioms beginning with get .Discover More
Example Sentences
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
The more we appease, the more we indulge, the more emboldened the enemies of freedom become.
Spouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.
Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
Lucas said that he himself nonetheless hopes to become a cop.
It will be a busy session; and I want to see if I can't become a useful public man.
My son,” said Grabantak one evening to Chingatok, “if we are henceforth to live in peace, why not unite and become one nation?
You will follow the suite of my daughter to Spain, and you will become the bosom Counsellor of the wife of your Prince?
The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
I shall soon depart, and practise no more; and my time will become my own—still my own, by no means yours.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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