become verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and

+ adj. · 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 ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofbecomeverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary becomeverb OPALS /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theybecome /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/he/she/itbecomes /bɪˈkʌmz/ /bɪˈkʌmz/pastsimplebecame /bɪˈkeɪm/ /bɪˈkeɪm/pastparticiplebecome /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/-ingformbecoming /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/Idioms jumptootherresults  linkingverbtostarttobesomething+adj.Itsoonbecameapparentthatnoonewasgoingtocome.Itisbecomingincreasinglyclearthatsomethinghasgoneseriouslywrong.Whendidyoufirstbecomeawareoftheproblem?Itwasbecomingmoreandmoredifficulttoliveonhissalary.Shewasbecomingconfused.+nounShebecamequeenin1952.Thebillwillbecomelawnextyear.Overthelastfiveyearsshehasbecomepartofthefamily.HowcanIbecomeamemberofthesociety?She’sstudyingtobecomeateacher.Hisjobhasbecomehiswholelife.WhichWord?become/get/go/turnbecome/get/go/turnTheseverbsareusedfrequentlywiththefollowingadjectives:become~get~go~turn~involvedusedtowrongblueclearbetterrightsouraccustomedworsebadbadpregnantpregnantwhiteredextincttiredcrazycoldfamousangrybaldilldarkblindBecomeismoreformalthanget.Bothdescribechangesinpeople’semotionalorphysicalstate,ornaturalorsocialchanges.Goisusuallyusedfornegativechanges.Goandturnarebothusedforchangesofcolour.Turnisalsousedforchangesintheweather. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. [transitive,nopassive](notusedintheprogressivetenses)becomesomebody(formal)tobesuitableforsomebodySuchbehaviourdidnotbecomeher. [transitive,nopassive](notusedintheprogressivetenses)becomesomebody(formal)tolookattractiveonsomebodysynonymsuitShorthairreallybecomesyou.WordOriginOldEnglishbecuman‘cometoaplace,come(tobeordosomething)’(seebe-,come),ofGermanicorigin;relatedtoDutchbekomenandGermanbekommen‘get,receive’.Idiomswhatbecame,hasbecome,willbecomeofsomebody/something?usedtoaskwhathashappenedorwhatwillhappentosomebody/somethingWhatbecameofthatstudentwhousedtolivewithyou?Idreadtothinkwhatwillbecomeofthemiftheylosetheirhome.SeebecomeintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionaryCheckpronunciation: become Otherresults Allmatches be/becomeafigureoffun be,become,etc.outoftouch(withsomething) Idioms be/becomeafigureoffun be,become,etc.outoftouch(withsomething) Nearbywords beckonverb Becky becomeverb becomingadjective becquerelnoun substantial adjective     FromtheWordlist Oxford5000 C1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay