becoming
that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
suitable; appropriate; proper: a becoming sentiment.
any process of change.
Aristotelianism. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
Origin of becoming
1Other words for becoming
Other words from becoming
- be·com·ing·ly, adverb
- be·com·ing·ness, noun
- well-be·com·ing, adjective
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How to use becoming in a sentence
This infinity of becomings in the life of the kosmos is a necessary outcome of eternal duration.
The Mystery of Space | Robert T. BrowneNow that the war was over, he regretted the becomings of the uniform.
The Trumpeter Swan | Temple Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for becoming
/ (bɪˈkʌmɪŋ) /
suitable; appropriate
any process of change
(in the philosophy of Aristotle) any change from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality
Derived forms of becoming
- becomingly, adverb
- becomingness, noun
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