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- Dictionarybe·come/bəˈkəm/
verb
- 1. begin to be: "it is becoming clear that we are in a totally new situation"
- 2. (of clothing) look good on or suit (someone): "the dress becomes her" Similar
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The meaning of BECOME is to come into existence. How to use become in a sentence.
verb. uk/bɪˈkʌm/us/bɪˈkʌm/became | become. becomeverb (BE) Add to word listAdd to word list. A2 [ L ] to start to be: I was becoming increasingly suspicious of his motives. It was becoming cold, so we lit the fire. After giving up smoking, he became fat and irritable. Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first woman prime minister in 1979.
Become definition: to come, change, or grow to be (as specified). See examples of BECOME used in a sentence.
+ adj. It soon became apparent that no one was going to come. It is becoming increasingly clear that something has gone seriously wrong. When did you first become aware of the problem? It was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary. She was becoming confused. + noun He became king in 2022. The bill will become law next year.
1. (copula) to come to be; develop or grow into: he became a monster. 2. (foll by of; usually used in a question) to fall to or be the lot (of); happen (to): what became of him?. 3. (tr) (of clothes, etc) to enhance the appearance of (someone); suit: that dress becomes you. 4. (tr) to be appropriate; befit: it ill becomes you to complain.
To become is to evolve, change into, or emerge as something. A fertilized egg will hatch and the tiny chick will become a full-grown chicken. When you become angrier and angrier watching the TV news, you begin to feel a certain way.
Definition of 'become' become. (bɪkʌm ) Word forms: becomes , becoming , became language note: The form become is used in the present tense and is the past participle. 1. link verb A2. If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
