English

rank|body|point|letter|347|become|became|second|United

Pronunciation
IPA|/b�'k�m, bɪ�k�m/, SAMPA|/b@"kVm, bI"kVm/
audio|en-us-become.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�m|-�m
Hyphenation: be·come

Verb
en-verb|becomes|becoming|became|become

1. To begin to be; to come to be; to turn into

#:She became a doctor when she was 25.
#:The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.

1. To look attractive on, be suitable for

#: That dress really becomes you.

Translations
trans-top|begin to be
Arabic: �صبح
Catalan: esdevenir
Dutch: worden
Esperanto: i�i
German: werden
Filipino: magíng
Finnish: tulla (+ translative)
French: devenir
Indonesian: jadi|menjadi
Interlingua: devenir
Italian: diventare
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Japanese: ���� (ni naru), ���� (to naru)
Korean: ��
Latin: fieri
Old English: weorþan
Persian: ش�د�� (šodæn), ش�� (šæv) (Present Tense)
Portuguese: tornar-se, virar, transformar-se em
Russian: ��анови���� (stanovíts'a) impf, ��а�� (stat') pf
Scottish Gaelic: fàs
Slovene: postati
Spanish: volverse, hacerse, convertirse
Swedish: bli
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trans-top|look attractive on, be suitable for
Catalan: escaure
Finnish: pukea
German: stehen
trans-mid
Russian: ид�и (idtí) impf
Spanish: quedar bien
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:English irregular past participles
Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English past participles

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