Dictionary entry details
• BECOME (verb)
Meaning:
Enter or assume a certain state or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
become; get; go
Context examples:
He became annoyed when he heard the bad news / It must be getting more serious / her face went red with anger / She went into ecstasy / Get going!
Hypernyms (to "become" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "become"):
sober; sober up (become sober after excessive alcohol consumption)
settle (become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet)
break (come into being)
take (be seized or affected in a specified way)
run (change from one state to another)
take effect (go into effect or become effective or operative)
work (arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion)
sober; sober up (become more realistic)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
John will become angry
Meaning:
Undergo a change or development
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
become; turn
Context examples:
The water turned into ice / Her former friend became her worst enemy / He turned traitor
Hypernyms (to "become" is one way to...):
metamorphose; transform; transmute (change in outward structure or looks)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "become"):
boil down; come down; reduce (be the essential element)
choke; suffocate (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled)
nucleate (form into a nucleus)
add up; amount; come (develop into)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Come into existence
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
What becomes has duration
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "become"):
make (be or be capable of being changed or made into)
arise; bob up; come up (originate or come into being)
arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise (come into existence; take on form or shape)
form; spring; take form; take shape (develop into a distinctive entity)
root (come into existence, originate)
come; occur (come to one's mind; suggest itself)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Enhance the appearance of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
become; suit
Context examples:
Mourning becomes Electra / This behavior doesn't suit you!
Hypernyms (to "become" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
