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Meaning of become

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

become

Pronunciation:/bəˈkʊm//bəˈkʌm//biˈkʌm/

verb

Definitions

  1. To arrive, come (to a place).

  2. To come about; happen; come into being; arise.

    Example: It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve.

  3. Begin to be; turn into.

    Example: She became a doctor when she was 25.

    Synonyms:getgoturn
  4. To be proper for; to beseem.